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.

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.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

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×

57701 to 57702

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.6×

57701 to 57702

Poverty-rate spread
13.1 points

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 .

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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 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
57701 43,462 $56,461 1,957 237
57702 32,980 $91,457 1,308 44
57703 14,205 $83,739 401 43

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, .