Green Valley vs Rapid City

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

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

Rapid City has the higher population (76,836 vs 1,503 in Green Valley). Green Valley has the higher median household income ($78,801 vs $65,712 in Rapid City). Rapid City has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $232,100 in Green Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Green Valley	Rapid City
Population	1,503	76,836
Median age	34.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,801	$65,712
Median home value	$232,100	$270,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,053
Housing units	562	34,751
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Valley	Rapid City
Population	1,227 → 1,503 (+22.5%)	75,258 → 76,836 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$59,934 → $78,801 (+31.5%)	$52,351 → $65,712 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $232,100 (+36.7%)	$184,700 → $270,000 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $1,260 (+48.6%)	$837 → $1,053 (+25.8%)

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

Rapid City

Population

75,25876,836

Median household income

$52,351$65,712

Median home value

$184,700$270,000

Median gross rent

$837$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Valley	Rapid City
Under 5	6.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	32.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	1.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.6%
75 and over	5.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Valley	Rapid City
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	22.6%	7.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Valley	Rapid City
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Valley	Rapid City
Drove alone	73.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	24.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Valley	Rapid City
1-unit, detached	50.9%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	49.1%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Green Valley	Rapid City
Poverty rate	20.1%	13.3%
Average household size	3.23	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	17
Median year structure built	1989	1978