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Dakota City, NE

2,980 Population
1.4 square miles 2,123 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.6 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$26,946 ±$3,589 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $35,445 ±$871
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nebraska: $40,637 ±$365
$80,433 ±$14,363 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $72,027 ±$2,188
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

8.7% ±6% (253  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 12.3% 17,312 (±1.1% / ±1,549)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

13.8 minutes ±2.4 (18,015  ±5,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 17.2 1,149,275 (±0.4 / ±33,185)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

773 ±134 Number of households
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 54,926 ±446
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
3.8 ±0.8 (2,911  ±391) Persons per household
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 2.6 140,919 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

10.2% ±5.5% (78  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,779 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

794 ±138 Number of housing units
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 58,354 ±86
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$170,200 ±$39,962 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $179,100 ±$3,268
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Nebraska: $223,800 ±$1,268

11.6% ±7.5% (336  ±222.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 9.6% 13,748 (±0.9% / ±1,222.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

79.8% ±3.6% (1,403  ±216.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 87.2% 80,542 (±2% / ±1,884.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
12.9% ±4.4% (226  ±83.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 23.9% 22,044 (±1.1% / ±1,023.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

16.6% ±5% (494  ±161) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 11.1% 15,949
  • more than double the rate in Nebraska: 7.7% 151,436

5.6% ±2.7% (116  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 6.1% 6,438 (±0.5% / ±541)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
116 Total veterans ±58 116 Male ±58 N/A Female ±10

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