Rapid City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 59,507 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Rapid City is the second largest community in South Dakota.

Rapid City is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rapid City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rapid City who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.13%), sales jobs (13.33%), and management occupations (7.79%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Rapid City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 15.79 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Rapid City Information and Demographics

The education level of Rapid City citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 26.72% of adults in Rapid City have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Rapid City in 2000 was $19,445, which is wealthy relative to South Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,780 for a family of four.

Rapid City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rapid City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Rapid City is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Rapid City include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Rapid City is English.