Hedrick vs Sigourney

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

Hedrick 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 826 in Hedrick). Hedrick has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $51,528 in Sigourney). Sigourney has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $75,900 in Hedrick).

Population, income & housing

	Hedrick	Sigourney
Population	826	1,866
Median age	39.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$51,528
Median home value	$75,900	$109,500
Median gross rent	$581	$903
Housing units	302	1,013
Homeownership rate	72.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hedrick	Sigourney
Population	531 → 826 (+55.6%)	1,867 → 1,866 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $63,750 (+45.7%)	$45,375 → $51,528 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $75,900 (-1.4%)	$83,700 → $109,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $581 (+9.6%)	$664 → $903 (+36.0%)

Hedrick

Population

531826

Median household income

$43,750$63,750

Median home value

$77,000$75,900

Median gross rent

$530$581

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)

	Hedrick	Sigourney
Under 5	2.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	11.1%
18 to 24	15.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	11.3%
75 and over	5.6%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hedrick	Sigourney
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hedrick	Sigourney
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hedrick	Sigourney
Drove alone	78.8%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	14.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hedrick	Sigourney
1-unit, detached	76.2%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Hedrick	Sigourney
Poverty rate	21.3%	14.9%
Average household size	3.04	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1942	1960