Lawton vs Sioux City

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

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

Sioux City has the higher population (85,651 vs 906 in Lawton). Lawton has the higher median household income ($90,278 vs $65,473 in Sioux City). Lawton has the higher median home value ($246,800 vs $162,600 in Sioux City).

Population, income & housing

	Lawton	Sioux City
Population	906	85,651
Median age	39.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,278	$65,473
Median home value	$246,800	$162,600
Median gross rent	$854	$936
Housing units	390	34,901
Homeownership rate	78.7%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawton	Sioux City
Population	1,105 → 906 (-18.0%)	82,531 → 85,651 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $90,278 (+20.4%)	$55,433 → $65,473 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $246,800 (+43.8%)	$116,600 → $162,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $854 (+26.1%)	$783 → $936 (+19.5%)

Lawton

Population

1,105906

Median household income

$75,000$90,278

Median home value

$171,600$246,800

Median gross rent

$677$854

Sioux City

Population

82,53185,651

Median household income

$55,433$65,473

Median home value

$116,600$162,600

Median gross rent

$783$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lawton	Sioux City
Under 5	4.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	24.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawton	Sioux City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawton	Sioux City
No high school diploma	1.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	27.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawton	Sioux City
Drove alone	90.6%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawton	Sioux City
1-unit, detached	82.1%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lawton	Sioux City
Poverty rate	8.3%	14.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1980	1956