Alton vs Sioux Center

A side-by-side comparison of Alton and Sioux Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sioux Center has the higher population (8,335 vs 1,350 in Alton). Sioux Center has the higher median household income ($87,555 vs $86,136 in Alton). Sioux Center has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $204,600 in Alton).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Sioux Center
Population	1,350	8,335
Median age	32.7 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,136	$87,555
Median home value	$204,600	$275,900
Median gross rent	$750	$884
Housing units	618	2,742
Homeownership rate	84.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Sioux Center
Population	1,336 → 1,350 (+1.0%)	7,534 → 8,335 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$70,882 → $86,136 (+21.5%)	$74,313 → $87,555 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$134,800 → $204,600 (+51.8%)	$208,900 → $275,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $750 (-5.3%)	$815 → $884 (+8.5%)

Alton

Population

1,3361,350

Median household income

$70,882$86,136

Median home value

$134,800$204,600

Median gross rent

$792$750

Sioux Center

Population

7,5348,335

Median household income

$74,313$87,555

Median home value

$208,900$275,900

Median gross rent

$815$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Sioux Center
Under 5	4.3%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.5%
18 to 24	15.9%	18.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.6%
75 and over	6.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Sioux Center
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Sioux Center
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Sioux Center
Drove alone	87.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Sioux Center
1-unit, detached	77.5%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Sioux Center
Poverty rate	3.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1968	1979