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About Box Elder
City in South Dakota, United StatesBox Elder (Lakota: čhaŋšúška; "box elder maple") is a city in Pennington and Meade Counties, South Dakota, United States. The population was 11,746 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 13,887 in 2024, making it the ninth-most populous city in South Dakota. Ellsworth Air Force Base lies on the northwest side of the city, and it is a suburb of Rapid City. Box Elder was named from nearby Boxelder Creek.
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Housing in Box Elder
The typical Box Elder home is worth about $367,000, up 2.3% in a year, 14% above the South Dakota typical home.
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Safety in Box Elder
Safety Grade C
Box Elder reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 69% report less.
Health in Box Elder
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of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 8 are too close to call.
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Schools in Box Elder
All Box Elder schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Box Elder’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 52% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within SD. Ratings are from neighbors.
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