Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety11#824/924
Economy95#46/925
Housing47#491/925
Health79#199/925
Healthcare70#274/923
Environment60#366/917
Education87#121/925
Infrastructure64#337/925
Community64#338/925
Leisure & amenities73#254/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Rapid City, SD metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Unemployment rate · low2.0%
99/100South Dakota 2.1%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high9.1 /10k
94/100South Dakota 8.1 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · low16.0%
93/100South Dakota 16.5%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Income adjusted for local prices · high$83,308
93/100South Dakota $85,453United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · low8.2 /100k
92/100South Dakota 8.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · high94.7%
91/100South Dakota 93.2%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high284 mi
0/100South Dakota 114 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high264 mi
1/100South Dakota 185 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low22.0%
2/100South Dakota 22.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high33.0 /100k
3/100South Dakota 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Property crime rate · high2,311 /100k
5/100South Dakota 1,312 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Violent crime rate · high546 /100k
8/100South Dakota 308 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
147,800 (2020) → 156,934 (2025)
+6.2%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
84% (2021) → 53% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−31 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedWorsening
11.9 /1k (2021) → 6.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−48%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$57,319 (2019) → $83,308 (2024)
+45%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
New business applicationsImproving
9.7 /1k (2020) → 13.9 /1k (2025)
+43%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
28.0% (Dec 2021) → 36.2% (Aug 2026)
+8.3 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Rapid City, SD metro area improved on 13 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 5 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Real income+45%$57,319 → $83,308
Homicides−58%11.4 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Poverty−2.2 points12.4% → 10.2%
Child poverty−4.7 points18.0% → 13.2%
Household income+31%$57,615 → $75,255

Declined9

Libraries−12%0.7 /10k → 0.6 /10k
Firearm deaths+30%18.5 /100k → 24.0 /100k
Price / income+0.8×3.3× → 4.1×
Restaurants−8.6%11.3 /10k → 10.3 /10k
Arts & recreation−7.1%9.8 /10k → 9.1 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Rapid City, SD metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	9.8 /10k2020	9.1 /10k2025	−7.1%	Declined	17%
Average commute time	18.5 min2015-2019	20.0 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Declined	20%
Average weekly wage	$9102020	$1,1412025	+25%	Improved	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%2015-2019	33.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	43%
Broadband subscriptions	83.5%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+7.4 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	18.0%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Improved	73%
Distance to an airport	284 mi2020	284 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	17%
Drug overdose deaths	8.5 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−3.5%	Little change	31%
Effective property tax rate	1.28%2015-2019	0.95%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	18.5 /100k2020	24.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+30%	Declined	18%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	22%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+6%	Improved	54%
High school diploma or higher	93.7%2015-2019	94.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	19%
Homicide rate	11.4 /100k2020	4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−58%	Improved	84%
Income adjusted for local prices	$57,3192019	$83,3082024	+45%	Improved	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	44%
Median household income	$57,6152015-2019	$75,2552020-2024	+31%	Improved	68%
New business applications	9.7 /1k2020	13.9 /1k2025	+43%	Improved	44%
Pharmacies	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	42%
Poverty rate	12.4%2015-2019	10.2%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Improved	76%
Property crime rate	2,865 /100k2020	2,311 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	23%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−12%	Declined	9%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	28.5%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Rent-burdened households	44.8%2015-2019	45.9%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Restaurants and bars	11.3 /10k2020	10.3 /10k2025	−8.6%	Declined	15%
Traffic deaths	13.4 /100k2015-2019	15.2 /100k2020-2024	+13%	Declined	39%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2020	2.0%2025	−2.7 points	Improved	42%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.8%2015-2019	12.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Violent crime rate	620 /100k2020	546 /100k2025	−12%	Improved	43%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Rapid City, SD metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rapid City, SD metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Rapid City, SD metro area itself moved −0.2 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

152,950 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+1.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

152,950 residents

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

White80%122,065
Black1.2%1,806
Hispanic or Latino5.4%8,207

Education

107,524 residents (±440)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

No high school diploma5.3%5,741
High school or GED27%29,308
Some college23%24,403

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

62,789 households (±678)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Under $25k13%8,258
$25k–50k18%11,140
$50k–75k19%11,895
$75k–100k16%9,829
$100k–150k18%11,322
$150k–200k7.9%4,941
$200k or more8.6%5,404

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−6.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

62,789 households (±678)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Own71%44,661
Rent29%18,128

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

17,020 households (±769)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Under $75023%3,856
$750–1,00017%2,929
$1,000–1,50036%6,159

Home values

44,661 homes (±830)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Under $150k16%7,059
$150k–250k19%8,413
$250k–400k34%15,352
$400k–750k

Age of homes

69,843 homes (±294)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

2010 or later16%11,314
2000–200917%11,625
1980–199922%15,407

Size of homes

69,843 homes (±294)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Studio2.5%1,724
1 bedroom8.8%6,168
2 bedrooms27%18,797
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

76,654 workers (±1,299)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Drive alone77%59,039
Carpool8.7%6,698
Public transit0.3%†255
Walk2.6%†2,021
Bike0.6%†462
Work from home9.4%7,225
Other1.2%954

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

69,429 workers (±1,356)

Rapid City, SD metro area
United States share

Under 15 min39%26,963
15–29 min43%29,753
30–44 min10%7,281

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Rapid City, SD employ 19,180 people. 10 pay a median below the US median.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Rapid City, SD by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Retail Salespersons3,090 jobs	3,090	$33,350US $35,410	−6%	1.67×
Fast Food and Counter Workers2,860 jobs	2,860	$29,440US $31,200	−6%	1.56×
Registered Nurses2,480 jobs	2,480	$79,380US $97,550	−19%	1.55×
Cashiers1,980 jobs	1,980	$30,460US $32,880	−7%	1.35×
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks1,720 jobs	1,720	$46,810US $50,670	−8%	2.64×
Stockers and Order Fillers1,580 jobs	1,580	$37,150US $37,330	0%	1.18×
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners1,520 jobs	1,520	$34,880US $36,840	−5%	1.45×
Waiters and Waitresses1,430 jobs	1,430	$29,020US $35,230	−18%	1.32×
Nursing Assistants1,280 jobs	1,280	$38,500US $42,260	−9%	1.86×
Receptionists and Information Clerks1,240 jobs	1,240	$37,990US $38,010	0%	2.87×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Rapid City, SD.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Rapid City, SD has 5,269 employer establishments, 338 for every 10,000 residents (1.36× the US rate of 248), with 60,600 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,337. The Census Bureau also counts 13,978 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,269; 13,978 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 338; US 248
Paid employees: 60,600
Average annual pay: $52,337; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Rapid City, SD by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	459	29.4	1.90×More than typical	3,488	$58,654	949
Ambulatory health care services	363	23.3	1.12×About typical	4,317	$68,999	572
Restaurants and other eating places	320	20.5	1.12×About typical	6,273	$24,578	47
Lessors of real estate	300	19.2	1.56×More than typical	753	$67,066	1,887
Construction of buildings	238	15.3	2.02×More than typical	1,188	$59,409	472
Automotive repair and maintenance	164	10.5	2.09×More than typical	823	$45,830	201
Services to buildings and dwellings	159	10.2	1.51×More than typical	957	$26,623	691
Building equipment contractors	143	9.2	1.52×More than typical	1,758	$59,470	136
Traveler accommodation	143	9.2	5.08×More than typical	1,726	$31,393	113
Offices of other health practitioners	139	8.9	1.47×More than typical	550	$43,489	302
Real estate agents and brokers	139	8.9	1.83×More than typical	225	$44,938	278
Full-service restaurants	134	8.6	1.12×About typical	2,848	$29,261	17

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 155,898 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $264.1M on contracts performed in Rapid City, SD metro area: $1,683 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $264.1M; −1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,683; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.9%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.1%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$182.3M69%
Department of the Air Force$24.7M9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$19.5M7.4%
Forest Service$9.8M3.7%
Department of the Navy$5.5M2.1%
National Park Service$4.9M1.9%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$4.5M1.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$2.8M1.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

187.4MFY2017
195.5MFY2018
301.4MFY2019
433.4MFY2020
148.8MFY2021
411.8MFY2022
472.1MFY2023
669M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$148.9M56%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$25.1M9.5%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$11.7M4.4%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$9.3M3.5%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$8.2M3.1%

Largest awards

CONSTRUCTION OF THE B21 WEAPONS GENERATION FACILITY - SITE F (WGF-F) ELLSWORTH AFB, SD$211.2M
BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC· Meade County, SD· Construction & real property· Jan 18, 2024 – May 20, 2026· W9128F24C0005
CONSTRUCT B-21 PHASE MAINTENANCE HANGAR AT ELLSWORTH AFB$141.8M
CONTI FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC· Meade County, SD· Construction & real property· May 23, 2024 – Jun 11, 2026· W9128F24C0013
CONSTRUCT LO HANGAR$139.1M
WALSH FEDERAL LLC· Meade County, SD· Construction & real property· Sep 17, 2021 – May 8, 2026· W9128F21C0045
REPAIR CRITICAL RUNWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY SYSTEMS, ELLSWORTH AFB, SD

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Rapid City, SD metro area: $8,226 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.3B; −8.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,226; US $12,955
Loan face value: $101.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.6%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$765M59%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$193.7M15%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$66.9M5.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$47.5M3.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$17.4M1.3%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$15.8M1.2%
93.600 · Head Start$15M1.2%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$14.3M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA$50.8M3.9%
PIERRE, SD
PENNINGTON COUNTY HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION$16.8M1.3%
RAPID CITY, SD
YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, INC$10.2M0.8%
RAPID CITY, SD
GREAT PLAINS TRIBAL LEADERS HEALTH BOARD$9.6M0.7%
RAPID CITY, SD
CITY OF RAPID CITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$896.9M69%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$216.5M17%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$52.6M4.1%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$17.2M1.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Administration for Children and Families

Assistance by fiscal year

1.1BFY2021
1.2BFY2022
1.2BFY2023
1.3BFY2024
1.4BFY2025
1.3BFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Rapid City, SD

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Rapid CityPrincipal city77,946

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in South Dakota

Areas based in South Dakota, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Spearfish, SD96

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined9

Metro and micro areas like Rapid City, SD metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

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Spending by fiscal year

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