Rapid City, SD (South Dakota) Houses and Residents

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Rapid City Apartments for Rent

Total population: 63,997 (Urban population: 61,340, Rural population: 2,657 (55 farm, 2,603 nonfarm))

Rapid City, South Dakota Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 25,127 (24,012 occupied: 14,206 owner occupied, 9,806 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	41%
State:	32%

Housing density: 563 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $529 (lower quartile is $428, upper quartile is $688)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $653

Median gross rent in Rapid City, SD in 2007: $612

Housing units in Rapid City with a mortgage: 8,355 (1,038 second mortgage, 817 home equity loan, 63 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,507

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $131,467 (it was $85,500 in 2000)

Rapid City:	$131,467
South Dakota:	$118,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $90,545 - $182,982

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $173,957
Here: $173,957
State: $160,328

Townhouses or other attached units: $211,146
Here: $211,146
State: $200,700

In 2-unit structures: $137,760
Here: $137,760
State: $184,406

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $119,055
Here: $119,055
State: $114,786

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $141,668
Here: $141,668
State: $117,332

Mobile homes: $22,585
Here: $22,585
State: $34,151

Household type by relationship

Households: 57,268

In family households: 46,594 (11,398 male householders, 3,965 female householders)
11,623 spouses, 16,749 children (15,224 natural, 626 adopted, 899 stepchildren), 656 grandchildren, 349 brothers or sisters, 262 parents, 423 other relatives, 1,169 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10,674 (3,960 male householders (3,038 living alone)), 4,731 female householders (4,091 living alone)), 1,983 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,239 (822 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,104 2-persons, 3,435 3-persons, 2,899 4-persons, 1,294 5-persons, 419 6-persons, 212 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,129 1-person, 1,277 2-persons, 210 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

9,164 married couples with children.
4,613 single-parent households (976 men, 3,637 women).

94.5% of residents of Rapid City speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,453 (2.4%)
(53.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.1

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Rapid City, South Dakota:
	1 room: 7 2 rooms: 112 3 rooms: 438 4 rooms: 1,594 5 rooms: 2,976 6 rooms: 2,401 7 rooms: 2,417 8 rooms: 2,018 9 or more rooms: 2,243

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rapid City, South Dakota:
	1 room: 443 2 rooms: 1,402 3 rooms: 2,279 4 rooms: 2,646 5 rooms: 1,580 6 rooms: 696 7 rooms: 361 8 rooms: 257 9 or more rooms: 142

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 537
1995 to 1998: 1,613
1990 to 1994: 1,399
1980 to 1989: 3,489
1970 to 1979: 5,936
1960 to 1969: 3,420
1950 to 1959: 5,146
1940 to 1949: 1,605
1939 or earlier: 1,982

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Rapid City:
	no bedroom: 12 1 bedroom: 440 2 bedrooms: 3,154 3 bedrooms: 6,599 4 bedrooms: 3,087 5 or more bedrooms: 914

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Rapid City:
	no bedroom: 604 1 bedroom: 3,106 2 bedrooms: 4,012 3 bedrooms: 1,576 4 bedrooms: 454 5 or more bedrooms: 54

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Rapid City in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 444 1 vehicle: 3,550 2 vehicles: 6,293 3 vehicles: 2,810 4 vehicles: 766 5 or more vehicles: 343

Cars and other vehicles available in Rapid City in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,420 1 vehicle: 4,791 2 vehicles: 2,714 3 vehicles: 646 4 vehicles: 177 5 or more vehicles: 58

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Rapid City, SD:

Less than $10,000: 31
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 76
$25,000 to $29,999: 55
$30,000 to $34,999: 33
$35,000 to $39,999: 110
$40,000 to $49,999: 395
$50,000 to $59,999: 976
$60,000 to $69,999: 1534
$70,000 to $79,999: 1431
$80,000 to $89,999: 1329
$90,000 to $99,999: 1056
$100,000 to $124,999: 1937
$125,000 to $149,999: 997
$150,000 to $174,999: 695
$175,000 to $199,999: 334
$200,000 to $249,999: 404
$250,000 to $299,999: 142
$300,000 to $399,999: 172
$400,000 to $499,999: 46
$500,000 to $749,999: 62
$750,000 to $999,999: 16
$1,000,000 or more: 31

Rapid City rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Rapid City:

Less than $100: 172 people
$100 to $149: 230
$150 to $199: 334
$200 to $249: 336
$250 to $299: 399
$300 to $349: 415
$350 to $399: 665
$400 to $449: 914
$450 to $499: 1,005
$500 to $549: 855
$550 to $599: 836
$600 to $649: 806
$650 to $699: 673
$700 to $749: 559
$750 to $799: 462
$800 to $899: 499
$900 to $999: 298
$1,000 to $1,249: 350
$1,250 to $1,499: 73
$1,500 to $1,999: 56
$2,000 or more: 31
No cash rent: 495

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 403 1990 to 1994: 180 1985 to 1989: 60 1980 to 1984: 205 1975 to 1979: 178 1970 to 1974: 45 1970 to 1974: 96 1965 to 1969: 286

Rapid City, SD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.5%
Number of people working at home: 730 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1005
5 to 9 minutes: 5892
10 to 14 minutes: 8681
15 to 19 minutes: 6908
20 to 24 minutes: 3659
25 to 29 minutes: 646
30 to 34 minutes: 1221
35 to 39 minutes: 60
40 to 44 minutes: 150
45 to 59 minutes: 328
60 to 89 minutes: 335
90 or more minutes: 438

Rapid City mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 25,260 (84%)
Carpooled: 2,979 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 208 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Railroad: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 11 (0%)
Motorcycle: 42 (0%)
Bicycle: 52 (0%)
Walked: 637 (2%)
Other means: 119 (0%)
Worked at home: 730 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2291
$10,000 to $14,999: 1625
$15,000 to $19,999: 1951
$20,000 to $24,999: 2129
$25,000 to $29,999: 1999
$30,000 to $34,999: 1766
$35,000 to $39,999: 1474
$40,000 to $44,999: 1676
$45,000 to $49,999: 1387
$50,000 to $59,999: 2095
$60,000 to $74,999: 2168
$75,000 to $99,999: 1782
$100,000 to $124,999: 752
$125,000 to $149,999: 305
$150,000 to $199,999: 288
$200,000 or more: 366

First ancestries reported:

German: 15309

Other groups: 8268

Norwegian: 4680

Irish: 4401

English: 3513

United States or American: 2701

Swedish: 1242

Dutch: 1065

Italian: 1049

French (except Basque): 934

Czech: 580

Scottish: 575

Danish: 570

Scotch-Irish: 549

Polish: 535

Scandinavian: 278

Russian: 252

French Canadian: 223

European: 219

Finnish: 190

Welsh: 177

Swiss: 142

British: 135

Arab:: 112

Austrian: 106

Subsaharan African:: 104

Czechoslovakian: 99

African: 75

Pennsylvania German: 61

Yugoslavian: 59

Greek: 58

Canadian: 51

Latvian: 48

Ukrainian: 45

Hungarian: 43

Lebanese: 42

Romanian: 36

Northern European: 31

Croatian: 28

Portuguese: 26

Ethiopian: 24

Other Arab: 23

New Zealander: 23

Luxemburger: 22

Arab/Arabic: 21

Syrian: 18

Lithuanian: 17

Australian: 15

Brazilian: 13

Belgian: 11

Slovak: 10

Moroccan: 8

Icelander: 8

Turkish: 8

Alsatian: 7

Slavic: 7

Maltese: 6

Celtic: 6

German Russian: 5

Serbian: 5

Sudanese: 5

Basque: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

United Kingdom (10%)
Mexico (9%)
Germany (7%)
Philippines (6%)
Canada (6%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Korea (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 34526
Northeast: 1616
Midwest: 11438
South: 2830
West: 6983

46% of Rapid City residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in South Dakota.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 147
Nursery to 4th grade: 51
5th and 6th grade: 36
7th and 8th grade: 642
9th grade: 299
10th grade: 266
11th grade: 318
12th grade, no diploma: 558
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,686
Less than 1 year of college: 1,292
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,089
Associate degree: 1,246
Bachelor's degree: 3,190
Master's degree: 1,058
Professional school degree: 537
Doctorate degree: 296

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 106
Nursery to 4th grade: 24
5th and 6th grade: 65
7th and 8th grade: 520
9th grade: 294
10th grade: 402
11th grade: 449
12th grade, no diploma: 594
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,561
Less than 1 year of college: 1,637
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,563
Associate degree: 1,625
Bachelor's degree: 3,523
Master's degree: 1,081
Professional school degree: 279
Doctorate degree: 50

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 23.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 22.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 19.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 13.4%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 21.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $47,876
Black householders: $17,831
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $20,307
Asian householders: $42,144
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $49,678
Some other race householders: $25,084
Two or more races householders: $32,807
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $32,154

Rapid City household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Rapid City household income for Black householders

Rapid City household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Rapid City household income for Asian householders

Rapid City household income for Some other race householders

Rapid City household income for Two or more races householders

Rapid City household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Rapid City marital status for males

Rapid City marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $144,420
Black or African American householders: $138,669
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $102,883
Asian householders: $186,437
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $119,818
Some other race householders: $100,327
Two or more races householders: $138,989
Hispanic or Latino householders: $113,587

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 14,724
One, attached: 908
Two: 1,227
3 or 4: 1,208
5 to 9: 1,059
10 to 19: 981
20 to 49: 1,801
50 or more: 1,344
Mobile homes: 1,875

Median worth of mobile homes: $15,552

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Rapid City:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (87%) Electricity (10%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (61%) Electricity (32%) Other fuel (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 503

Here:	7.6%
South Dakota:	8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 324

Here:	9.4%
South Dakota:	5.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 543

Here:	15.1%
South Dakota:	17.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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