Delta vs Sigourney

A side-by-side comparison of Delta and Sigourney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sigourney has the higher population (1,866 vs 332 in Delta). Delta has the higher median household income ($54,750 vs $51,528 in Sigourney). Sigourney has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $39,400 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	Sigourney
Population	332	1,866
Median age	31.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,750	$51,528
Median home value	$39,400	$109,500
Median gross rent	$928	$903
Housing units	154	1,013
Homeownership rate	82.9%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	Sigourney
Population	350 → 332 (-5.1%)	1,867 → 1,866 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$36,445 → $54,750 (+50.2%)	$45,375 → $51,528 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $39,400 (-22.4%)	$83,700 → $109,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $928 (+237.5%)	$664 → $903 (+36.0%)

Delta

Population

350332

Median household income

$36,445$54,750

Median home value

$50,800$39,400

Median gross rent

$275$928

Sigourney

Population

1,8671,866

Median household income

$45,375$51,528

Median home value

$83,700$109,500

Median gross rent

$664$903

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	Sigourney
Under 5	6.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	27.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	5.1%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	Sigourney
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	96.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	Sigourney
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	54.0%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	Sigourney
Drove alone	75.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	13.7%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	Sigourney
1-unit, detached	85.7%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Delta	Sigourney
Poverty rate	11.7%	14.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	34	20
Median year structure built	1938	1960