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About Rapid
City in South Dakota, United StatesRapid City is a city in and the county seat of Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. It is located on the eastern slope of the Black Hills in western South Dakota and was named after Rapid Creek, where the settlement developed. It is the second-most populous city in the state (after Sioux Falls) with a population of 74,703 as of the 2020 census. The Rapid City metropolitan area has 156,000 residents. Known as the "Gateway to the Black Hills" and the "City of Presidents" because of the life-size bronze president statues downtown, Rapid City is split by a low mountain ridge that divides the city's western and eastern parts, called ‘The Gap.’ Ellsworth Air Force Base is on the city's…
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Housing in Rapid
The typical Rapid home is worth about $362,000, up 2% in a year, 12% above the South Dakota typical home.
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Safety in Rapid
Safety Grade D-
Rapid reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 96% report less.
Schools in Rapid
All Rapid schools →School Grade C
The public schools Rapid’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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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