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Sioux Center, IA
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Sioux Center is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 8,427 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sioux Center is the 48th largest community in Iowa.

Sioux Center real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Sioux Center house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Of important note, Sioux Center is also a city of artists. Sioux Center has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sioux Center’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.50% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Sioux Center is a college town. There are a lot of students in Sioux Center attending college, and as a result Sioux Center provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

Because of many things, Sioux Center is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sioux Center really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sioux Center perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the benefits of Sioux Center is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.93 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Sioux Center is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Sioux Center ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Sioux Center, 41.92% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Sioux Center in 2022 was $34,961, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,844 for a family of four. However, Sioux Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sioux Center is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sioux Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sioux Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Sioux Center also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sioux Center include Dutch, German, Irish, English, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Sioux Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.


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