Box Elder Population History 1990 - 2023

Box Elder Population Facts

What is the current population of Box Elder?

Based on the latest 2024 data from the US census, the current population of Box Elder is 13,868. Box Elder, South Dakota is the 2,504th largest city in the US.

What county is Box Elder, South Dakota in?

Parts of Box Elder are located within Meade County and Pennington County.

What is the size of Box Elder, South Dakota in square miles?

Box Elder has an area of 13.9 square miles. Box Elder is the 6th largest city, by area, in South Dakota.

What was the peak population of Box Elder?

The current population of Box Elder (13,868) is it's peak population.

How quickly is Box Elder growing?

Box Elder has grown 304.5% since the 2000. Box Elder, South Dakota is growing extremely quickly; it is growing faster than 100% of similarly sized cities since 2000.

What is the population density of Box Elder, South Dakota?

Box Elder has a population density of 561.1 people per square mile.

Box Elder Demographics

What is the voting age population of Box Elder, South Dakota?

The total voting age population of Box Elder, South Dakota, meaning US citizens 18 or older, is 7,034. The voting age population is 55.8% male and 44.2% female.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota residents are senior citizens?

According to the latest census statistics, 5.6% of the residents of Box Elder are 65 or older.

What are the racial demographics of Box Elder, South Dakota?

The racial demographics of Box Elder are 82.9% White, 6.8% Two or more races, 3.4% Black, 3.3% American Indian, 1.5% Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, 1.3% Asian and 0.9% Other. Additionally, 7.8% of the population identifies as Hispanic.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota residents are below the poverty line?

In Box Elder, 12.2% of residents have an income below the poverty line, and the child poverty rate is 17.8%. On a per-household basis, 9.0% of families are below the poverty line in Box Elder.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota residents are in the labor force?

Among those aged 16 and older, 78.7% of Box Elder residents are in the labor force.

What are the education levels among Box Elder, South Dakota residents?

Among the adult population 25 years old and over, 94.8% of Box Elder residents have at least a high school degree or equivalent, 25.9% have a bachelor's degree and 4.9% have a graduate or professional degree.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota residents speak a non-English language at home?

Among Box Elder residents aged 5 and older, 5.0% of them speak a non-English language at home. Broken down by language: 3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home, 0.7% speak an Indo-European language, and 0.5% speak an Asian language.

Box Elder Income & Labor Statistics

What is the unemployment rate in Box Elder, South Dakota?

The unemployment rate in Box Elder is 2.7%, which is calculated among residents aged 16 or older who are in the labor force.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota residents work for the government?

In Box Elder, 19.5% of the residents in the non-military labor force are employed by the local, state and federal government.

What is the median income in Box Elder, South Dakota?

The median household income in Box Elder is $53,382.

Box Elder Housing & Rent Statistics

What percentage of housing units are owner-occupied in Box Elder, South Dakota?

In Box Elder, 46.8% of housing units are occupied by their owners.

What percentage of housing units are rented in Box Elder, South Dakota?

Renters occupy 53.2% of housing units in Box Elder.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota housing units were built before 1940?

Of all the housing units in Box Elder, 1.9% of them were build before 1940.

What percentage of Box Elder, South Dakota housing units were built after 2000?

In Box Elder, 37.5% of the total housing units were built after the year 2000, which is approximately 1,300 units.

What is the median monthly rent in Box Elder, South Dakota?

The median gross monthly rent payment for renters in Box Elder is $991.

What percentage of households in Box Elder, South Dakota have broadband internet?

In Box Elder, 85.5% of households have an active broadband internet connection.