Where has Rapid City looked like this before?
Searching stored historical observations…
| Metric | 2010–2025 | Rapid City | Peer median | Pctile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 77,946 | 75,290 | 55 | ||
| Population change (10 yr) | — | n/a | 3.4% | — | |
| Median household income | $70,870 | $78,809 | 18 | ||
| Poverty rate | 12.5% | 11.8% | 55 | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 37.0% | 37.0% | 45 | ||
| Housing unit change (10 yr) | — | n/a | 4.3% | — | |
| Median owner-occupied home value | $299,400 | $400,500 | 18 | ||
| Median gross rent | $1,109 | $1,379 | 18 | ||
| Housing vacancy rate | 9.0% | 5.0% | 91 | ||
| Worked from home | 10.0% | 12.3% | 27 |
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| Metric | 2012–2019 | 2019–2024 | Peer median, latest span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | — | — | +3.3% |
| Housing units | — | — | +5.8% |
| Median household income | — | — | +38.5% |
| Median owner-occupied home value | — | — | +56.6% |
| Median gross rent | — | — | +33.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | — | — | +23.2% |
| Worked from home | — | — | +360.5% |
| Poverty rate | — | — | +1.7% |
| Restaurants & bars | 26.3 | US 21.3 | above US rate |
| Grocery & food retail | 3.8 | US 4.8 | below US rate |
| Other retail | 0.0 | US n/a | not published |
| Personal & repair services | 8.0 | US 8.1 | below US rate |
| Professional & technical services | 29.6 | US 29.5 | above US rate |
| Ambulatory health care | 28.6 | US 21.0 | above US rate |
| Arts, entertainment & recreation | 10.0 | US 5.0 | above US rate |
| Accommodation | 12.2 | US 2.1 | above US rate |
| Construction | 45.7 | US 24.3 | above US rate |
| Manufacturing | 0.0 | US n/a | not published |
| Place | Similarity | Population | Pop change 10y | Income | BA or higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck, ND | 88 | 75,556 | — | $78,387 | 39.2% |
| Grand Junction, CO | 86 | 68,142 | — | $70,080 | 38.1% |
| Mount Vernon, NY | 84 | 72,427 | — | $78,779 | 35.9% |
| Appleton, WI | 83 | 75,023 | +3.0% | $80,483 | 38.2% |
| Medford, OR | 83 | 86,315 | — | $73,230 | 30.1% |
| Bayonne, NJ | 82 | 71,553 | — | $83,887 | 39.6% |
| Cheyenne, WY | 82 | 65,239 | — | $78,839 | 33.6% |
| Loveland, CO | 81 | 78,410 | — | $84,604 | 39.0% |
| Bethlehem, PA | 80 | 77,956 | +3.9% | $68,879 | 36.0% |
| Danbury, CT | 80 | 87,263 | — | $83,393 | 34.0% |