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Sioux City, IA

85,651 Population
58.9 square miles 1,454.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,696 ±$1,210 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $35,445 ±$871
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$65,473 ±$3,244 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $72,027 ±$2,188
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

14.6% ±1.6% (12,157  ±1,336) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 12.3% 17,312 (±1.1% / ±1,549)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

17 minutes ±0.5 (675,950  ±26,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 17.2 1,149,275 (±0.4 / ±33,185)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

32,843 ±418 Number of households
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 54,926 ±446
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0 (83,054  ±53) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 2.6 140,919 (±0 / ±120)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.5% ±1.2% (1,120  ±250) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 5.5% † 1,779 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

34,901 ±317 Number of housing units
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 58,354 ±86
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$162,600 ±$4,675 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 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

8.6% ±1% (7,305  ±821.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 9.6% 13,748 (±0.9% / ±1,222.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

84.9% ±2.7% (45,664  ±1,504.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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 Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21.7% ±1.5% (11,652  ±805.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 23.9% 22,044 (±1.1% / ±1,023.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

11.7% ±0.8% (10,001  ±674) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 11.1% 15,949
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

5.9% ±0.7% (3,735  ±437) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 6.1% 6,438 (±0.5% / ±541)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
3,735 Total veterans ±437 3,469 Male ±422 266 Female ±117

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