| ECONOMY | Rapid City | Independence | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 4.00% | 8.90% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 1.64% | 0.02% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 39.28% | 31.14% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 6.00% | 7.60% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 0.00% | 6.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $26,261 | $22,092 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $46,999 | $43,373 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 11.16% | 12.82% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 11.61% | 12.03% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 13.31% | 13.84% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 16.97% | 19.54% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 21.87% | 21.65% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 11.52% | 10.45% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 8.85% | 7.24% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.29% | 1.81% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.31% | 0.55% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.11% | 0.05% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 12.34% | 11.00% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 20.39% | 16.01% | 20.61% |
| Service | 16.98% | 13.80% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 28.96% | 31.54% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.49% | 0.13% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 9.13% | 10.64% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 11.71% | 16.89% | 14.05% |
