Another notable thing is that Rapid City is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Rapid City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rapid City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Rapid City is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Rapid City rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.20% of adults 25 and older in Rapid City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Rapid City in 2022 was $29,801, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,204 for a family of four. However, Rapid City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Rapid City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rapid City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Rapid City include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Rapid City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
