Randolph vs Sidney

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

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

Sidney has the higher population (935 vs 268 in Randolph). Sidney has the higher median household income ($80,200 vs $44,659 in Randolph). Sidney has the higher median home value ($121,200 vs $93,300 in Randolph).

Population, income & housing

	Randolph	Sidney
Population	268	935
Median age	31.6 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,659	$80,200
Median home value	$93,300	$121,200
Median gross rent	$1,087	$636
Housing units	83	426
Homeownership rate	74.7%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Randolph	Sidney
Population	201 → 268 (+33.3%)	1,067 → 935 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$67,500 → $44,659 (-33.8%)	$51,083 → $80,200 (+57.0%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $93,300 (+12.7%)	$102,200 → $121,200 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,087 (+73.9%)	$580 → $636 (+9.7%)

Randolph

Population

201268

Median household income

$67,500$44,659

Median home value

$82,800$93,300

Median gross rent

$625$1,087

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)

	Randolph	Sidney
Under 5	10.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	17.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	2.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.5%
75 and over	8.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Randolph	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Randolph	Sidney
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	42.2%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Randolph	Sidney
Drove alone	95.1%	86.3%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Randolph	Sidney
1-unit, detached	88.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Randolph	Sidney
Poverty rate	6.5%	10.6%
Average household size	3.57	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1938	1966