Sioux Rapids vs Storm Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Sioux Rapids and Storm Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Sioux Rapids and Storm Lake are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Storm Lake has the higher population (11,275 vs 831 in Sioux Rapids). Storm Lake has the higher median household income ($58,341 vs $56,307 in Sioux Rapids). Storm Lake has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $84,400 in Sioux Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
Population	831	11,275
Median age	46.0 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,307	$58,341
Median home value	$84,400	$163,600
Median gross rent	$641	$830
Housing units	374	4,291
Homeownership rate	81.8%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
Population	833 → 831 (-0.2%)	10,558 → 11,275 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$49,250 → $56,307 (+14.3%)	$50,565 → $58,341 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $84,400 (+11.3%)	$121,300 → $163,600 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $641 (-15.0%)	$695 → $830 (+19.4%)

Sioux Rapids

Population

833831

Median household income

$49,250$56,307

Median home value

$75,800$84,400

Median gross rent

$754$641

Storm Lake

Population

10,55811,275

Median household income

$50,565$58,341

Median home value

$121,300$163,600

Median gross rent

$695$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
Under 5	4.9%	7.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	20.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.4%
25 to 34	4.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	15.9%	7.4%
75 and over	11.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	34.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	14.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	3.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	41.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
No high school diploma	8.4%	29.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
Drove alone	85.8%	61.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
1-unit, detached	87.7%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Sioux Rapids	Storm Lake
Poverty rate	5.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	20	11
Median year structure built	1949	1968