South Sioux City, NE real estate and demographic information

About South Sioux City

South Sioux City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Nebraska. With a population of 13,293 people and two constituent neighborhoods, South Sioux City is the 14th largest community in Nebraska.

When you are in South Sioux City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.62% of South Sioux City’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, South Sioux City is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Sioux City who work in office and administrative support (12.11%), sales jobs (11.73%) and food service (8.34%).

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.25 minutes getting to work every day.

South Sioux City Information and Demographics

In South Sioux City, just 10.08% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in South Sioux City in 2010 was $18,046, which is low income relative to Nebraska, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $72,184 for a family of four. However, South Sioux City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

South Sioux City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call South Sioux City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Sioux City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. South Sioux City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 45.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in South Sioux City include German, Irish, English, Somalian and Dutch.

Foreign born people are also an important part of South Sioux City's cultural character, accounting for 27.43% of the city’s population.

The languages spoken by people in South Sioux City are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in South Sioux City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages and Vietnamese.