Box Elder vs Green Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Box Elder and Green Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Box Elder and Green Valley are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Box Elder has the higher population (12,457 vs 1,503 in Green Valley). Green Valley has the higher median household income ($78,801 vs $73,698 in Box Elder). Box Elder has the higher median home value ($271,800 vs $232,100 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Box Elder	Green Valley
Population	12,457	1,503
Median age	28.6 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,698	$78,801
Median home value	$271,800	$232,100
Median gross rent	$1,354	—
Housing units	4,781	562
Homeownership rate	48.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Box Elder	Green Valley
Population	9,683 → 12,457 (+28.6%)	1,227 → 1,503 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$53,382 → $73,698 (+38.1%)	$59,934 → $78,801 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $271,800 (+69.1%)	$169,800 → $232,100 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$991 → $1,354 (+36.6%)	$848 → $1,260 (+48.6%)

Box Elder

Population

9,68312,457

Median household income

$53,382$73,698

Median home value

$160,700$271,800

Median gross rent

$991$1,354

Green Valley

Population

1,2271,503

Median household income

$59,934$78,801

Median home value

$169,800$232,100

Median gross rent

$848$1,260

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Box Elder	Green Valley
Under 5	10.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	32.3%
18 to 24	15.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	22.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	7.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.5%
65 to 74	4.1%	11.8%
75 and over	1.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Box Elder	Green Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	73.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	22.6%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Box Elder	Green Valley
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	28.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Box Elder	Green Valley
Drove alone	76.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	2.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	24.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Box Elder	Green Valley
1-unit, detached	42.1%	50.9%
1-unit, attached	21.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	49.1%

Poverty & households

	Box Elder	Green Valley
Poverty rate	7.4%	20.1%
Average household size	2.82	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	2003	1989