Another notable thing is that Rapid City is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Rapid City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Rapid City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Rapid City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Rapid City may be for you.
Being a small town, Rapid City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Rapid City are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.20% of adults in Rapid City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
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.
