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Box Elder, SD Urban Area

12,686 Population
6.1 square miles 2,085.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,234 ±$3,295 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,040 ±$8,813 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±4.1% (1,099  ±508) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±2.7 (126,610  ±29,135) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,324 ±661 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.6 (11,933  ±1,545) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.4% ±4.3% (394  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,718 ±685 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$307,300 ±$25,945 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±7.3% (2,387  ±946.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±15% (6,695  ±735) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.8% ±4.8% (2,008  ±417.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.7% ±0.9% (211  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

20.6% ±5% (1,564  ±443) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,564 Total veterans ±443 1,317 Male ±411 247 Female ±102

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