Sioux City vs Sloan

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

Sioux City and Sloan 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 884 in Sloan). Sloan has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $65,473 in Sioux City). Sloan has the higher median home value ($191,400 vs $162,600 in Sioux City).

Population, income & housing

	Sioux City	Sloan
Population	85,651	884
Median age	35.4 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,473	$73,750
Median home value	$162,600	$191,400
Median gross rent	$936	$872
Housing units	34,901	378
Homeownership rate	65.5%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sioux City	Sloan
Population	82,531 → 85,651 (+3.8%)	1,215 → 884 (-27.2%)
Median household income	$55,433 → $65,473 (+18.1%)	$64,375 → $73,750 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$116,600 → $162,600 (+39.5%)	$135,400 → $191,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $936 (+19.5%)	$810 → $872 (+7.7%)

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

Sloan

Population

1,215884

Median household income

$64,375$73,750

Median home value

$135,400$191,400

Median gross rent

$810$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sioux City	Sloan
Under 5	7.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	21.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sioux City	Sloan
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	7.4%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sioux City	Sloan
No high school diploma	15.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	32.7%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sioux City	Sloan
Drove alone	79.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.1%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sioux City	Sloan
1-unit, detached	71.2%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	3.7%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Sioux City	Sloan
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1956	1967