Rapid City, SD
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Rapid City, SD: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 90,647. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet RAPID-CITY-SD · Rapid City, SD 3 ZIPs · 90,647 pop · #10262/25278 · Pennington County
INC-HIGH · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $77,219
- RANK-MID #10262/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Quinn
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 72% owners
- POP-SMALL 90,647
- SPREAD-MOD 57701→57702
- HOME-MID $306,000
Nearest income peer: Quinn, SD (+ $531 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Rapid City
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Rapid City on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Scenic · lowest $40,192
Scenic · lowest
$40,192 median HH income
- Box Elder · near $74,885
Box Elder · near
$74,885 median HH income
- Wall · near $75,096
Wall · near
$75,096 median HH income
- Rapid City · this city $77,219
Rapid City · this city
$77,219 median HH income
- Quinn · near $77,750
Quinn · near
$77,750 median HH income
- Hill City · near $88,194
Hill City · near
$88,194 median HH income
- Owanka · highest
Owanka · highest
$250,001 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Rapid City, SD sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 41%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 90,647
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $77,219
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Above-median income on a short ZIP list (3) - lead code 57701 (43,462 residents). Household income $77,219 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Rapid City as a pure owner town.
Within South Dakota, Volga is the closest lower-income city and Belle Fourche the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Rapid City.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Rapid City differ
Rapid City's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $56,461 in ZIP 57701 to $91,457 in ZIP 57702, while home values span $251,200 in 57701 to $389,700 in 57702. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 13.1 points
57701 to 57702
57701 to 57702
57702 to 57701
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 57701 skews compact Rapid City
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 57701 covers about 48% of Rapid City's 90,647 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Rapid City
Citywide ZBP: 3,666 establishments, 48,960 employees , annual payroll $2,512,502k (~40 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 57701 (1,957 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (504) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Rapid City, SD
These ZIP codes sit in Pennington County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Rapid City. See the Pennington County roll-up →
Rapid City lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Pennington County: Hill City, New Underwood and Keystone earn more and Box Elder, Wall and Wasta earn less. Owanka marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 224% above Rapid City.
Side-by-side: Compare 57701 vs 57702 →
Rapid City roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Rapid City, .