How the Rapid City, SD metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Rapid City, SD metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202627 of 27 ZIP codes scored · 0.15M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Rapid City, SD metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 27 of 27- 3,58757706in Ellsworth Afb · 2,787 residents61.87
- 3,65957702in Rapid City · 35,595 residents61.77
- 4,49857745in Hill City · 1,894 residents60.47
- 4,70057751in Keystone · 893 residents60.21
- 5,93457718in Black Hawk · 7,937 residents58.56
- 6,09457769in Piedmont · 4,029 residents58.37
- 6,13757730in Custer · 5,596 residents58.32
- 6,62757773in Pringle · 206 residents57.72
- 6,88657792in White Owl · 114 residents57.40
- 7,05657787in Union Center · 487 residents57.22
- 7,19757741in Fort Meade · 141 residents57.09
- 9,00357767in Owanka · 234 residents55.38
- 10,16857719in Box Elder · 12,221 residents54.42
- 10,37857758in Mud Butte · 35 residents54.25
- 10,52057738in Fairburn · 356 residents54.14
- 10,64457761in New Underwood · 1,180 residents54.04
- 10,92257703in Rapid City · 18,013 residents53.83
- 11,07257785in Sturgis · 10,874 residents53.71
- 11,24157744in Hermosa · 2,421 residents53.59
- 11,44157791in Wasta · 97 residents53.45
- 11,45857790in Wall · 1,147 residents53.44
- 13,09057788in Vale · 598 residents52.27
- 14,42257775in Quinn · 191 residents51.30
- 17,41957725in Caputa · 130 residents49.17
- 18,37757701in Rapid City · 45,795 residents48.43
- 23,82157780in Scenic · 70 residents43.58
- 26,93157748in Howes · 369 residents39.73
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 27 of 27- 26,93157748in Howes · 369 residents39.73
- 23,82157780in Scenic · 70 residents43.58
- 18,37757701in Rapid City · 45,795 residents48.43
- 17,41957725in Caputa · 130 residents49.17
- 14,42257775in Quinn · 191 residents51.30
- 13,09057788in Vale · 598 residents52.27
- 11,45857790in Wall · 1,147 residents53.44
- 11,44157791in Wasta · 97 residents53.45
- 11,24157744in Hermosa · 2,421 residents53.59
- 11,07257785in Sturgis · 10,874 residents53.71
- 10,92257703in Rapid City · 18,013 residents53.83
- 10,64457761in New Underwood · 1,180 residents54.04
- 10,52057738in Fairburn · 356 residents54.14
- 10,37857758in Mud Butte · 35 residents54.25
- 10,16857719in Box Elder · 12,221 residents54.42
- 9,00357767in Owanka · 234 residents55.38
- 7,19757741in Fort Meade · 141 residents57.09
- 7,05657787in Union Center · 487 residents57.22
- 6,88657792in White Owl · 114 residents57.40
- 6,62757773in Pringle · 206 residents57.72
- 6,13757730in Custer · 5,596 residents58.32
- 6,09457769in Piedmont · 4,029 residents58.37
- 5,93457718in Black Hawk · 7,937 residents58.56
- 4,70057751in Keystone · 893 residents60.21
- 4,49857745in Hill City · 1,894 residents60.47
- 3,65957702in Rapid City · 35,595 residents61.77
- 3,58757706in Ellsworth Afb · 2,787 residents61.87
Where each domain sits inside this metro
The Score above is one number for the whole Rapid City, SD metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.
The highest-standing fifth
6 of 27 ZIPsShare of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.
Standing highest: 57701 Rapid City57702 Rapid City57703 Rapid City
Standing highest: 57703 Rapid City57706 Ellsworth Afb57719 Box Elder
Each fifth is about 6 of this metro’s 27 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 153,410 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.
The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.
Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Rapid City, SD figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.