Entrances summary
Rapid City, South Dakota. Population: 79,894. Land area: 55.1 sq mi. Lights, cleaning, doors, windows and mailboxes.
Recorded local data
Population79,894Source: census_popest_place. Population year: 2024.
Land area55.1 sq miSource: census_gazetteer. Geography year: 2023. Water area is excluded.
Derived from recorded data
Residents per square mile1,450.8Population / land area. Population and geography may refer to different years.
Model scenario
Entrances~ 11Scenario: (population / 10,000) x 1.4. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Lighting points~ 9Scenario: (population / 10,000) x 1.1. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Door and window points~ 6Scenario: (population / 10,000) x 0.75. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Mailbox areas~ 5Scenario: (population / 10,000) x 0.65. Coefficients are assumptions, not locally measured rates. Not a verified object count.
Model values are scenarios, not an inventory or evidence that a service exists. Queues, applications, incidents, service users and unsafe homes are not inferred from population. Missing data does not mean zero.