Orange City vs Sioux Center

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

Orange City 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 6,312 in Orange City). Sioux Center has the higher median household income ($87,555 vs $81,667 in Orange City). Sioux Center has the higher median home value ($275,900 vs $245,300 in Orange City).

Population, income & housing

	Orange City	Sioux Center
Population	6,312	8,335
Median age	31.7 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$87,555
Median home value	$245,300	$275,900
Median gross rent	$815	$884
Housing units	2,235	2,742
Homeownership rate	72.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange City	Sioux Center
Population	6,127 → 6,312 (+3.0%)	7,534 → 8,335 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$72,857 → $81,667 (+12.1%)	$74,313 → $87,555 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$171,300 → $245,300 (+43.2%)	$208,900 → $275,900 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $815 (+20.0%)	$815 → $884 (+8.5%)

Orange City

Population

6,1276,312

Median household income

$72,857$81,667

Median home value

$171,300$245,300

Median gross rent

$679$815

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)

	Orange City	Sioux Center
Under 5	7.9%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	20.8%	18.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.6%
75 and over	8.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange City	Sioux Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange City	Sioux Center
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	18.3%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange City	Sioux Center
Drove alone	68.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	14.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange City	Sioux Center
1-unit, detached	70.6%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	7.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Orange City	Sioux Center
Poverty rate	10.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	10	12
Median year structure built	1975	1979