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Sac City, IA

1,885 Population
4.9 square miles 385 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±4.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sac County: 46.2 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,522 ±$6,301 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sac County: $40,084 ±$2,139
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$57,139 ±$15,225 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Sac County: $73,838 ±$5,248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.2% ±6.1% (332  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Sac County: 9.2% † 873 (±2% / ±193)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.6 minutes ±2.6 (15,465  ±3,109) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Sac County: 21.7 102,355 (±1.7 / ±8,833)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

947 ±107 Number of households
  • Sac County: 4,302 ±110
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.3 (1,805  ±193) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sac County: 2.2 9,521 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,058 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Sac County: 5,118 ±27
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,000 ±$24,343 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Sac County: $141,400 ±$11,933
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.1% ±4.6% (228  ±90.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Sac County: 7.2% † 690 (±1.5% / ±142.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±5.8% (1,334  ±155.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sac County: 92.8% 6,425 (±4.3% / ±305.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.9% ±4.6% (354  ±75.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sac County: 22.3% † 1,547 (±2.3% / ±157.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.5% ±1.2% (29  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Sac County: 2.4% 228
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±3.1% (136  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sac County: 7.7% † 581 (±1.2% / ±93)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
136 Total veterans ±49 126 Male ±47 10 Female ±13

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