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Sioux City, IA

87,526 Population
59.2 square miles 1,479.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 35.7 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,683 ±$3,254 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $39,058 ±$2,772
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,972 ±$8,560 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $80,163 ±$4,367
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.7% ±4.1% (13,294  ±3,504) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 12.3% † 17,509 (±2.6% / ±3,722)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.5 minutes ±1 (694,255  ±44,507) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 17.4 1,167,150 (±0.6 / ±45,560)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,711 ±1,379 Number of households
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 55,997 ±1,385
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (84,846  ±3,007) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 2.5 142,408 (±0.1 / ±2,186)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.7% ±3% (1,842  ±634) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 8.3% † 2,798 (±2.1% / ±728)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,965 ±1,120 Number of housing units
  • the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 59,281 ±838
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$186,100 ±$11,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: $215,000 ±$14,511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.1% ±1.8% (5,263  ±1,588) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 6.9% † 9,909 (±1.6% / ±2,244.6)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

85.5% ±5.8% (45,994  ±3,743.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 87.6% 82,728 (±4.4% / ±4,454)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.8% ±3.7% (13,890  ±2,075.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 27.5% 25,952 (±2.6% / ±2,534.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13% ±2.1% (11,415  ±1,902) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 11.9% † 17,379 (±1.2% / ±1,817)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±1.4% (3,462  ±944) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metro Area: 6.1% † 6,671 (±1.2% / ±1,275)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,462 Total veterans ±944 3,208 Male ±924 254 Female ±223

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