Sergeant Bluff vs Sioux City

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

Sergeant Bluff 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 5,090 in Sergeant Bluff). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median household income ($122,610 vs $65,473 in Sioux City). Sergeant Bluff has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $162,600 in Sioux City).

Population, income & housing

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
Population	5,090	85,651
Median age	36.2 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$122,610	$65,473
Median home value	$287,600	$162,600
Median gross rent	$1,232	$936
Housing units	1,837	34,901
Homeownership rate	73.0%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.9%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
Population	4,798 → 5,090 (+6.1%)	82,531 → 85,651 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$97,292 → $122,610 (+26.0%)	$55,433 → $65,473 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$229,800 → $287,600 (+25.2%)	$116,600 → $162,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,232 (+15.7%)	$783 → $936 (+19.5%)

Sergeant Bluff

Population

4,7985,090

Median household income

$97,292$122,610

Median home value

$229,800$287,600

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,232

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)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
Under 5	7.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	22.8%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	63.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	3.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	21.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
No high school diploma	3.0%	15.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
Drove alone	86.3%	79.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
1-unit, detached	59.1%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	24.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	6.1%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Sergeant Bluff	Sioux City
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.91	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	2000	1956