Hawarden vs Sioux Center

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

Hawarden 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 2,674 in Hawarden). Sioux Center has the higher median household income ($87,555 vs $69,375 in Hawarden). Sioux Center has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $132,700 in Hawarden).

Population, income & housing

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
Population	2,674	8,335
Median age	35.0 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$87,555
Median home value	$132,700	$275,900
Median gross rent	$881	$884
Housing units	1,033	2,742
Homeownership rate	65.7%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
Population	2,836 → 2,674 (-5.7%)	7,534 → 8,335 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$50,394 → $69,375 (+37.7%)	$74,313 → $87,555 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $132,700 (+55.9%)	$208,900 → $275,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $881 (+51.1%)	$815 → $884 (+8.5%)

Hawarden

Population

2,8362,674

Median household income

$50,394$69,375

Median home value

$85,100$132,700

Median gross rent

$583$881

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)

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
Under 5	8.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	18.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	5.6%
75 and over	8.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
White (non-Hispanic)	62.2%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	37.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
No high school diploma	24.9%	11.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
Drove alone	78.8%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	14.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
1-unit, detached	79.1%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Hawarden	Sioux Center
Poverty rate	10.1%	1.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	16	12
Median year structure built	1971	1979