Community Profile

Population

2008 Rapid City

MSA Population: 120,000

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - a geographic entity that has at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population, plus adjacent territory with a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. Rapid City MSA includes Pennington and Meade Counties.

	Pennington County	Rapid City
2010	100,948	67,956
2009	96,000	70,092
2008	95,600	70,000
2007	94,900	69,242
2006	94,100	67,447
2000	88,117	59,607
1990	81,343	54,523
1980	70,135	46,492
1970	59,349	43,836
1960	58,195	42,399

Male Population (city):	30,580
Male Median Age:	35
Female Population:	37,375
Female Median Age:	38
Median Household EBI:	$44,099
Average Household Size:	2.38

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*EBI (Effective Buying Income) is disposable personal income, amount of gross income available after taxes, to purchase goods/services.

Rapid City Sales

Provided by the SD Dept of Revenue
	TOTAL GROSS SALES	TOTAL USE TAXABLE SALES	TOTAL TAXABLE SALES
2000	3,395,355,542	54,834,615	1,507,876,594
2001	3,807,333,663	55,985,861	1,607,653,214
2002	3,531,471,762	80,522,338	1,717,009,202
2003	3,766,479,907	60,039,017	1,785,512,751
2004	3,810,179,806	58,334,157	1,888,648,140
2005	4,341,746,620	59,065,883	1,952,933,165
2006	4,925,859,402	56,245,215	1,939,491,119
2007	5,028,946,817	64,010,719	2,114,258,269
2008	3,929,175,796	71,143,811	2,180,989,513
2009	4,164,244,545	80,742,259	2,323,996,424
2010	4,493,842,029	73,053,572	2,386,787,932

Housing Units

**Rapid City Area Home Statistics (from July 2008-2009) Average Price Listed/Sold:**
Single Family (SF)	$182,259 / $172,342
New Construction (NC)	$262,073 / $207,520
Townhomes (TH)	$92,662 / $169,009

Average Days on Market:	SF-90; NC-153; TH-85
Number of Active Listings:	SF-648; NC-153; TH-128