Colonial Pine Hills vs Rapid Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Colonial Pine Hills and Rapid Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Colonial Pine Hills and Rapid Valley are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rapid Valley has the higher population (7,153 vs 2,347 in Colonial Pine Hills). Rapid Valley has the higher median household income ($85,217 vs $82,262 in Colonial Pine Hills). Colonial Pine Hills has the higher median home value ($348,400 vs $226,300 in Rapid Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
Population	2,347	7,153
Median age	59.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,262	$85,217
Median home value	$348,400	$226,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,263
Housing units	1,004	3,307
Homeownership rate	98.8%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
Population	2,396 → 2,347 (-2.0%)	9,114 → 7,153 (-21.5%)
Median household income	$90,824 → $82,262 (-9.4%)	$64,590 → $85,217 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$299,500 → $348,400 (+16.3%)	$161,100 → $226,300 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$834 → $1,263 (+51.4%)

Colonial Pine Hills

Population

2,3962,347

Median household income

$90,824$82,262

Median home value

$299,500$348,400

Rapid Valley

Population

9,1147,153

Median household income

$64,590$85,217

Median home value

$161,100$226,300

Median gross rent

$834$1,263

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
Under 5	1.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	2.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	2.2%	9.5%
35 to 44	7.6%	18.1%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	27.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	22.0%	10.6%
75 and over	9.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
Drove alone	92.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
1-unit, detached	79.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Pine Hills	Rapid Valley
Poverty rate	2.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1991	1987