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Box Elder

Box Elder, South Dakota crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
33,927
Box Elder covered by 12 underlying areas.
Violent crime
4.3 / 1k
Violent crime has declined 26% since 2021.
Property crime
13.6 / 1k
Property crime has declined 44% since 2021.
Market rent
$1,390
Market rent does not yet have a long enough history to describe a full trend. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Box Elder is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

50/100

Scores in the 50th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

58/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 58th percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

54/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 54th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Box Elder compared with South Dakota

Box Elder city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

4.3 / 1k

4.4 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

13.6 / 1k

23.8 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,390

$1,290 state

Permits 12M

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0 state