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Rapid City, SD Urban Area

90,421 Population
50.3 square miles 1,796.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,682 ±$4,935 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,893 ±$7,775 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.4% ±3.2% (11,596  ±2,837) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

17.9 minutes ±0.8 (702,065  ±40,258) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

38,767 ±1,633 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (86,602  ±3,143) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.7% ±2.6% (722  ±507) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

41,182 ±1,543 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$294,300 ±$12,223 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

19.9% ±4.3% (17,881  ±3,929.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.8% ±5.7% (60,182  ±4,317) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
35.6% ±4.2% (22,355  ±2,767.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

2.4% ±0.8% (2,202  ±762) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

12.6% ±2.3% (8,876  ±1,640) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
8,876 Total veterans ±1,640 7,830 Male ±1,299 1,046 Female ±643

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