City profile · Iowa · Census ACS 2023

Sioux Center, IA

Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Sioux Center - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.

8,335
Residents
$87,555
Median income
$275,900
Median home
$971
Median rent (state)

Sioux Center - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Sioux Center lands in the 69th percentile for household income and the 97th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.

69th
percentile, household income
61st
percentile, home value
12th
percentile, median rent
97th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Sioux Center, IA

Sioux Center is a small town in Iowa, home to 8,335 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Sioux Center brings in $87,555 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Typical homes in Sioux Center are valued around $275,900, and the median resident age is 29.3 years. About 40.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 72.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 78 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 200% from five years earlier. Sioux Center reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 127.3 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).

Living costs in Iowa run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Iowa scores 87.8 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $971 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Iowa's average monthly utility costs around $212 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 52.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).

Population

8,335 residents

Census ACS 2023 - Iowa

Median Household Income

$87,555 /yr

Poverty 0.0%

Cost of Living Index (state)

87.8 (US=100)

Well Below Average - BEA RPP 2024, Iowa average

How does Sioux Center compare to other US cities?

Here's how Sioux Center stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 69% higher than other cities
Home value 61% pricier than other cities
Median rent 12% pricier than other cities
Safety 97% safer than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Iowa alone, Sioux Center ranks #7 of 141 Iowa cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Sioux Center's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in Iowa, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

69thIncome percentile
97thSafety percentile

69th percentile nationally for median household income · 97th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

Sioux Center's profile vs. every US city

Income, affordability, and safety percentile

Sioux Center's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown. 3-axis radar comparing 1 series across Income, Affordability, Safety. IncomeAffordabilitySafety 77 Avg. percentile National median
Sioux Center's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.

How Sioux Center's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$275,900 39th percentile more affordable than 39% of 15,600 US cities

$0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Below this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Below this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). This entry sits in this band. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Sioux Center $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Income distribution context

Household income distribution - Sioux Center, IA Sioux Center, IA's reported median household income shown against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern (not Sioux Center, IA-specific quintile data). The Lorenz curve traces the national cumulative income share against cumulative population share, perfect equality is the diagonal; observed inequality bows below. $ Household Income Distribution Sioux Center, IA median $87,555/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Sioux Center, IA's median household income (Census ACS 5-year estimate) plotted against the U.S. national income-quintile distribution pattern for context; the quintile shares and Lorenz curve are national figures, not computed specifically for Sioux Center, IA. Diagonal = perfect equality.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 40.7%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 0.0%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 72.9%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
8,335
Median Income
$87,555
Median Home Value
$275,900
Median Age
29.3
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
72.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
40.7%

Safety & Crime

Total Crime Rate
127.3
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
46.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
81.0
per 100,000 residents

Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.

Schools

Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city

Population Change

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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8,000 residents8,200 residents8,400 residents8,600 residents8,800 residents9,000 residents 202020212022202320242025 8,240 residents 8,864 residents ▲ +7.6%
Sioux Center's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.

Housing Supply

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
78
housing units authorized
Single-Family
47
detached homes
Multifamily
31
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.4
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 26
2020 52
2021 55
2022 49
2023 51
2024 78

Permit volume increased 200% from 2019 to 2024.

Commute Patterns

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
76.8%
Carpool
4.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.0%
Work from Home
14.1%

Based on 4,460 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

State-average estimates for Iowa - EIA 2023 residential energy data

Electricity
$95
avg/month
Natural Gas
$75
avg/month
Water & Sewer
$42
avg/month
Total Utilities
$212
estimated/month

Estimates reflect Iowa state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Cost of living is a Iowa state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Sioux Center sits in

Cost of Living Index
87.8
Well Below Average
US average = 100 · BEA RPP 2024
Typical 2-BR Rent
$971/mo
HUD Fair Market Rent
County-level FMR estimate
Natural Hazard Risk
52.4 / 100
Low
FEMA NRI composite score (county)

Similar Cities in Iowa

Denison
8,247 people
Bondurant
8,061 people
Perry
7,928 people
Webster City
7,769 people
Clear Lake
7,603 people
Decorah
7,597 people

Cities of a Similar Size Nationwide

Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Sioux Center's 8,335 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).

Newton, NJ
8,336 people
Clinton, NC
8,336 people
Cushing, OK
8,336 people
Abingdon, VA
8,332 people
Kenilworth, NJ
8,339 people
Shiprock, NM
8,339 people

Cities with a Similar Household Income Nationwide

Median-household-income-matched peers from other states, closest to Sioux Center's $87,555 (Census ACS 5-Year 2023, table B19013).

Carteret, NJ
$87,553 median income
St. George, WV
$87,557 median income
Lake Wildwood, CA
$87,552 median income
Town and Country, WA
$87,561 median income
Kihei, HI
$87,568 median income
Rachel, WV
$87,569 median income

Race & Ethnicity Composition

Race and ethnicity - Sioux Center, IA Race categories sum to one hundred percent per Census methodology. Hispanic or Latino is shown separately as an ethnicity overlay; it cuts across all race categories per OMB Directive 15. Race & Ethnicity Composition Sioux Center, IA - Census ACS, OMB race + ethnicity categories RACE, sums to 100% 84.5% 11.3% ETHNICITY, Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16.9% White 84.5% Black or African American 0.5% Asian 1.4% American Indian 0.1% Native Hawaiian 0.0% Some other race 11.3% Two or more races 2.3% Per OMB Directive 15: Hispanic/Latino ethnicity is reported separately from the race categories.
Race categories sum to 100%. Hispanic or Latino ethnicity is reported separately and cuts across race per Census/OMB methodology.

City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.

How Sioux Center compares to nearby Iowa cities

Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).

City Population Median Household Income
Sioux Center (this city) 8,335 $87,555
Denison 8,247 $63,850
Bondurant 8,061 $128,341
Perry 7,928 $63,983
Census ACS 5-year FIPS IA FBI UCR NCES CCD Census BPS 2024 OMB Bulletin 23-01

What do people ask about Sioux Center, IA?

What is the population of Sioux Center, IA? +

The population of Sioux Center, IA stands at 8,335 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.

What is the median household income in Sioux Center, IA? +

Sioux Center households earn a median of $87,555 annually, based on Census ACS 2023 data.

What is the cost of living in Sioux Center? +

BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Sioux Center; the closest available measure is the Iowa state average, a cost of living index of 87.8 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Below Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Iowa vary by metro area.

Is Sioux Center, IA safe? +

Sioux Center has a total crime rate of 127.3 per 100,000 residents, which is below the national average. This reflects incidents reported to the FBI UCR program, not a definitive safety score -- agency reporting is voluntary and completeness varies by jurisdiction.

What is the median home value in Sioux Center, IA? +

A typical home in Sioux Center is worth $275,900, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

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