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South Sioux City, NE

13,871 Population
6.3 square miles 2,202.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.1 ±0.2

Economics

$28,273 ±$2,690 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent 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
$68,397 ±$8,938 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $72,027 ±$2,188
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nebraska: $74,985 ±$575

10.9% ±3.4% (1,492  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 12.3% 17,312 (±1.1% / ±1,549)
  • a little higher than the rate in Nebraska: 10.3% 197,300 (±0.3% / ±5,207)

12.8 minutes ±0.7 (79,380  ±6,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 17.2 1,149,275 (±0.4 / ±33,185)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Nebraska: 19.1 17,371,744 (±0.1 / ±156,988)

Families

4,652 ±181 Number of households
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 54,926 ±446
  • Nebraska: 786,885 ±2,232
3 ±0.1 (13,779  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 2.6 140,919 (±0 / ±120)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,917,605

3.5% ±2.9% (104  ±88) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,779 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nebraska: 5.8% 25,969 (±0.2% / ±1,093)

Housing

4,948 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 58,354 ±86
  • Nebraska: 855,631 ±245

$160,900 ±$10,835 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of 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

13.1% ±4.6% (1,809  ±637.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 9.6% 13,748 (±0.9% / ±1,222.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 13.6% 265,006 (±0.3% / ±5,825.9)

Social

77.6% ±7.4% (6,451  ±647.3) 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 80 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 92.1% 1,188,000 (±0.5% / ±6,935.6)
15.9% ±3.7% (1,322  ±310) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 23.9% 22,044 (±1.1% / ±1,023.3)
  • about half the rate in Nebraska: 34.1% 440,234 (±0.3% / ±4,128.7)

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

31.3% ±3.5% (4,343  ±486) Foreign-born population
  • more than double 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

2.6% ±1.1% (243  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 6.1% 6,438 (±0.5% / ±541)
  • about one-third of the rate in Nebraska: 7.2% 105,516 (±0.1% / ±1,797)
243 Total veterans ±109 209 Male ±100 34 Female ±42

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