Hamburg vs Sidney

A side-by-side comparison of Hamburg and Sidney: population, income, housing, and more.

Hamburg and Sidney are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hamburg has the higher population (1,034 vs 935 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median household income ($80,200 vs $57,727 in Hamburg). Sidney has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $107,300 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Sidney
Population	1,034	935
Median age	41.9 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,727	$80,200
Median home value	$107,300	$121,200
Median gross rent	$717	$636
Housing units	596	426
Homeownership rate	76.9%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Sidney
Population	1,214 → 1,034 (-14.8%)	1,067 → 935 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$40,980 → $57,727 (+40.9%)	$51,083 → $80,200 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$66,400 → $107,300 (+61.6%)	$102,200 → $121,200 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $717 (+23.0%)	$580 → $636 (+9.7%)

Hamburg

Population

1,2141,034

Median household income

$40,980$57,727

Median home value

$66,400$107,300

Median gross rent

$583$717

Sidney

Population

1,067935

Median household income

$51,083$80,200

Median home value

$102,200$121,200

Median gross rent

$580$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamburg	Sidney
Under 5	1.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.5%
75 and over	11.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Sidney
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	40.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Sidney
Drove alone	81.8%	86.3%
Carpooled	13.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Sidney
1-unit, detached	91.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Sidney
Poverty rate	8.5%	10.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1946	1966