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57701

45,721 Population
70.8 square miles 645.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$26,418 ±$1,292 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $31,260 ±$885
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $30,773 ±$252
$45,483 ±$2,420 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $57,615 ±$1,830
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $58,275 ±$643

21.9% ±2.6% (9,632  ±1,142) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 12.4% 16,680 (±1% / ±1,399)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13.1% 110,553 (±0.4% / ±3,057)

16.1 minutes ±1 (332,865  ±23,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 18.5 1,219,420 (±0.5 / ±39,162)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.2 7,104,955 (±0.2 / ±82,423)

Families

18,418 ±386 Number of households
  • the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 55,101 ±530
  • South Dakota: 344,397 ±1,938
2.3 ±0 (42,879  ±1,059) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 2.4 133,708 (±0 / ±506)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 836,642 (±0)

6.4% ±1.9% (644  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 6.3% † 1,845 (±1.1% / ±322)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 6.7% 12,522 (±0.4% / ±790)

Housing

19,840 ±383 Number of housing units
  • the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 60,750 ±224
  • South Dakota: 392,215 ±654

$158,900 ±$5,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: $188,400 ±$3,556
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $167,100 ±$1,067

20.4% ±2.2% (9,199  ±1,007.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 17.1% 23,423 (±1.2% / ±1,647.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 15.8% 135,653 (±0.4% / ±3,390.4)

Social

89.7% ±2.8% (27,141  ±1,063.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 93.7% 87,935 (±2% / ±1,870)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 91.8% 525,152 (±0.7% / ±4,198.3)
25.1% ±1.8% (7,586  ±560.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 30.6% 28,757 (±1.1% / ±1,036.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 28.8% 165,080 (±0.4% / ±2,464.4)

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

2.3% ±0.6% (1,046  ±268) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 2.3% † 3,229 (±0.3% / ±361)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 3.7% 32,011 (±0.2% / ±1,337)

12.2% ±1.2% (4,178  ±432) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Rapid City, SD Metro Area: 13% 13,542 (±0.6% / ±669)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 8.8% 57,550 (±0.2% / ±1,267)
4,178 Total veterans ±432 3,747 Male ±414 431 Female ±122

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