Rapid Valley, SD

Census Place

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2024 Population
6,975
US Senator
John Thune
Republican Party
US Senator
Mike Rounds
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
43.2
1.41% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
4.45%
35% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$83,208
2.36% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$255,500
12.9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
3,868
3.42% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Rapid Valley, SD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.9% of the residents in Rapid Valley, SD are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Rapid Valley, SD was $255,500, and the homeownership rate was 92.3%.

Most people in Rapid Valley, SD drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 19.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Rapid Valley, SD was 2 cars per household.

United StatesSouth DakotaPennington County, SDRapid City, SDWest South Dakota--Rapid City PUMA, SD

Population & Diversity

Rapid Valley, SD is home to a population of 6.98k people, from which 97.9% are citizens. As of 2024, 4.92% of Rapid Valley, SD residents were born outside of the country (343 people).

In 2024, there were 8.64 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.29k people) in Rapid Valley, SD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 612 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 252 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

97.9%
2024 Citizenship
98.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.9% of Rapid Valley, SD residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Rapid Valley, SD was 98.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Rapid Valley, SD
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    5.29k ± 738
  2. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    612 ± 238
  3. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    252 ± 291
3.46%
Hispanic Population
241 people

In 2024, there were 8.64 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.29k people) in Rapid Valley, SD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 612 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 252 Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

3.46% of the people in Rapid Valley, SD are hispanic (241 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Rapid Valley, SD as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for South Dakota.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,626 ± 1,475 people
  2. Guatemala
    2,932 ± 1,327 people
  3. Ethiopia
    2,627 ± 1,257 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of South Dakota was Mexico, the natal country of 3,626 South Dakota residents, followed by Guatemala with 2,932 and Ethiopia with 2,627.

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Foreign-Born Population

4.92%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
343 people
3.24%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
232 people

As of 2024, 4.92% of Rapid Valley, SD residents (343 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Rapid Valley, SD was 3.24%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    175 ± 91
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    170 ± 85
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    157 ± 117

Rapid Valley, SD has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.03 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Rapid Valley, SD employs 3.87k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Rapid Valley, SD were Health Care & Social Assistance (454 people), Retail Trade (448 people), and Construction (359 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($98,208), Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($75,313), and Wholesale Trade ($70,800).

Employment

Occupations

3.87k
2024 Value
± 563
−3.42%
1 Year decline
± 21%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rapid Valley, SD declined at a rate of −3.42%, from 4.01k employees to 3.87k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Rapid Valley, SD, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (476 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (377 people), and Health Diagnosing & Treating Practitioners & Other Technical Occupations (343 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Rapid Valley, SD.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.87k
2024 Value
± 563
−3.42%
1 Year decline
± 21%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Rapid Valley, SD declined at a rate of −3.42%, from 4.01k employees to 3.87k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Rapid Valley, SD, are Health Care & Social Assistance (454 people), Retail Trade (448 people), and Construction (359 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Rapid Valley, SD, though some of these residents may live in Rapid Valley, SD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$47,463
Median earning men ± $7,692
$48,867
Median earning women ± $5,469

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($79,327), Wholesale Trade ($70,800), and Public Administration ($64,014).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($67,813), Other Services Except Public Administration ($58,027), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($57,857).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.37%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 450k people employed in South Dakota. This represents a 2.37% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.96%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Rapid Valley, SD was $255,500 in 2024, which is 0.768 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $226,300 to $255,500, a 12.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Rapid Valley, SD is 92.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Rapid Valley, SD have an average commute time of 19.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Rapid Valley, SD is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$255,500
Median Property Value 2024
±$14,144
$2,927
Median Property Taxes
±$453

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Rapid Valley, SD the largest share of households pay taxes in the $2k - $3k range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Rapid Valley, SD compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

92.3%
Homeownership
2024
71.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 92.3% of the housing units in Rapid Valley, SD were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 95.8%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$83,208
Median Household Income
± $12,390
3.17k
Number of Households
± 484

In 2024, the median household income of the 3.17k households in Rapid Valley, SD declined from $83,208 from the previous year's value of $85,217.

The following chart displays the households in Rapid Valley, SD distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Rapid Valley, SD is from South Dakota.
0.443
2023 Wage GINI in South Dakota
0.438
2022 Wage GINI in South Dakota

In 2023, the income inequality in South Dakota was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.14% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for South Dakota was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in South Dakota in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (81.5%)
  2. Worked At Home (9.21%)
  3. Carpooled (4.28%)

In 2024, 81.5% of workers in Rapid Valley, SD drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (9.21%) and those who carpooled to work (4.28%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

19.8 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Rapid Valley, SD have a shorter commute time (19.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.88% of the workforce in Rapid Valley, SD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Rapid Valley, SD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Rapid Valley, SD have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

4.45% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Rapid Valley, SD (309 out of 6.94k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 35 - 44, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Males 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Rapid Valley, SD is White, followed by Native American and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

91.2% of the population of Rapid Valley, SD has health coverage, with 52.2% on employee plans, 4.2% on Medicaid, 10.4% on Medicare, 18.4% on non-group plans, and 6.06% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in South Dakota see 1,252 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,252 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1561 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 409 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.9% were men and 47.1% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 20% under 18 years, 16.7% between 18 and 34 years, 44.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 18.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 52.9% were men and 47.1% were women.

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Uninsured People

8.8%
Uninsured
52.2%
Employer Coverage
4.2%
Medicaid
10.4%
Medicare
18.4%
Non-Group
6.06%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Rapid Valley, SD grew by 8.47% from 8.11% to 8.8%.

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