Moville vs Sioux City

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

Moville 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 1,840 in Moville). Moville has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $65,473 in Sioux City). Moville has the higher median home value ($174,600 vs $162,600 in Sioux City).

Population, income & housing

	Moville	Sioux City
Population	1,840	85,651
Median age	31.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,250	$65,473
Median home value	$174,600	$162,600
Median gross rent	$763	$936
Housing units	624	34,901
Homeownership rate	80.8%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moville	Sioux City
Population	1,812 → 1,840 (+1.5%)	82,531 → 85,651 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$68,631 → $96,250 (+40.2%)	$55,433 → $65,473 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $174,600 (+20.6%)	$116,600 → $162,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $763 (+11.7%)	$783 → $936 (+19.5%)

Moville

Population

1,8121,840

Median household income

$68,631$96,250

Median home value

$144,800$174,600

Median gross rent

$683$763

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)

	Moville	Sioux City
Under 5	9.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	26.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.9%
75 and over	4.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moville	Sioux City
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	63.3%
Black or African American	1.4%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.5%
Asian	1.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	18.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moville	Sioux City
No high school diploma	8.7%	15.1%
High school graduate	26.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moville	Sioux City
Drove alone	84.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	2.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.7%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moville	Sioux City
1-unit, detached	90.7%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Moville	Sioux City
Poverty rate	3.2%	14.6%
Average household size	3.00	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1963	1956