Sioux Falls, SD (South Dakota) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 154,997 (Urban population: 154,145, Rural population: 852 (all nonfarm))

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 51,724 (49,761 occupied: 30,364 owner occupied, 19,397 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	39%
State:	32%

Housing density: 918 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $572 (lower quartile is $441, upper quartile is $684)

Housing units in Sioux Falls with a mortgage: 19,155 (2,613 second mortgage, 2,549 home equity loan, 149 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,416

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $141,700 (it was $97,300 in 2000)

Sioux Falls:	$141,700
South Dakota:	$118,700

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $102,500 - $198,600

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $178,853
Here: $178,853
State: $160,328

Townhouses or other attached units: $248,286
Here: $248,286
State: $200,700

In 2-unit structures: $95,000
Here: $95,000
State: $184,406

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $162,904
Here: $162,904
State: $114,786

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $120,866
Here: $120,866
State: $117,332

Mobile homes: $28,883
Here: $28,883
State: $34,151

Median year house/condo built: 1979

Median year apartment built: 1975

Household type by relationship

Households: 119,266

In family households: 95,623 (24,120 male householders, 6,941 female householders)
24,730 spouses, 34,422 children (31,798 natural, 1,157 adopted, 1,467 stepchildren), 908 grandchildren, 866 brothers or sisters, 424 parents, 811 other relatives, 2,401 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 23,643 (8,275 male householders (6,126 living alone)), 10,404 female householders (8,708 living alone)), 4,964 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,830 (2,758 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 13,424 2-persons, 7,201 3-persons, 6,451 4-persons, 2,856 5-persons, 785 6-persons, 344 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 14,834 1-person, 3,117 2-persons, 546 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

21,949 married couples with children.
7,201 single-parent households (1,517 men, 5,684 women).

92.6% of residents of Sioux Falls speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (58% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 5,758 (4.6%)
(28.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.5
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.1

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
	1 room: 21 2 rooms: 223 3 rooms: 667 4 rooms: 2,921 5 rooms: 6,163 6 rooms: 4,945 7 rooms: 5,082 8 rooms: 4,999 9 or more rooms: 5,343

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
	1 room: 731 2 rooms: 2,240 3 rooms: 4,760 4 rooms: 5,969 5 rooms: 3,182 6 rooms: 1,170 7 rooms: 745 8 rooms: 301 9 or more rooms: 299

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,504
1995 to 1998: 5,057
1990 to 1994: 4,883
1980 to 1989: 8,461
1970 to 1979: 9,791
1960 to 1969: 5,245
1950 to 1959: 6,261
1940 to 1949: 3,583
1939 or earlier: 6,939

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sioux Falls:
	no bedroom: 35 1 bedroom: 783 2 bedrooms: 7,144 3 bedrooms: 14,263 4 bedrooms: 6,591 5 or more bedrooms: 1,548

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sioux Falls:
	no bedroom: 941 1 bedroom: 6,784 2 bedrooms: 8,659 3 bedrooms: 2,457 4 bedrooms: 468 5 or more bedrooms: 88

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Sioux Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 632 1 vehicle: 7,185 2 vehicles: 15,177 3 vehicles: 5,343 4 vehicles: 1,556 5 or more vehicles: 471

Cars and other vehicles available in Sioux Falls in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,719 1 vehicle: 9,895 2 vehicles: 5,430 3 vehicles: 1,005 4 vehicles: 214 5 or more vehicles: 134

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Sioux Falls, SD:

Less than $10,000: 418
$10,000 to $14,999: 213
$15,000 to $19,999: 252
$20,000 to $24,999: 277
$25,000 to $29,999: 278
$30,000 to $34,999: 215
$35,000 to $39,999: 252
$40,000 to $49,999: 533
$50,000 to $59,999: 901
$60,000 to $69,999: 606
$70,000 to $79,999: 963
$80,000 to $89,999: 1221
$90,000 to $99,999: 1555
$100,000 to $124,999: 5629
$125,000 to $149,999: 6702
$150,000 to $174,999: 4410
$175,000 to $199,999: 3370
$200,000 to $249,999: 4080
$250,000 to $299,999: 1414
$300,000 to $399,999: 1533
$400,000 to $499,999: 622
$500,000 to $749,999: 640
$750,000 to $999,999: 66
$1,000,000 or more: 58

Sioux Falls rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Sioux Falls:

Less than $100: 244 people
$100 to $149: 251
$150 to $199: 403
$200 to $249: 496
$250 to $299: 480
$300 to $349: 432
$350 to $399: 954
$400 to $449: 1,533
$450 to $499: 2,078
$500 to $549: 2,511
$550 to $599: 2,763
$600 to $649: 2,362
$650 to $699: 1,884
$700 to $749: 1,424
$750 to $799: 1,041
$800 to $899: 1,093
$900 to $999: 307
$1,000 to $1,249: 583
$1,250 to $1,499: 118
$1,500 to $1,999: 107
$2,000 or more: 185
No cash rent: 333

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,807 1990 to 1994: 1,315 1985 to 1989: 642 1980 to 1984: 354 1975 to 1979: 195 1970 to 1974: 89 1970 to 1974: 16 1965 to 1969: 340

Sioux Falls, SD Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.8%
Number of people working at home: 1,826 (2.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2300
5 to 9 minutes: 10336
10 to 14 minutes: 19570
15 to 19 minutes: 19312
20 to 24 minutes: 9573
25 to 29 minutes: 1307
30 to 34 minutes: 1875
35 to 39 minutes: 180
40 to 44 minutes: 197
45 to 59 minutes: 605
60 to 89 minutes: 833
90 or more minutes: 823

Sioux Falls mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 57,953 (84%)
Carpooled: 6,316 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 509 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 15 (0%)
Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 100 (0%)
Motorcycle: 20 (0%)
Bicycle: 133 (0%)
Walked: 1,558 (2%)
Other means: 295 (0%)
Worked at home: 1,826 (3%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3367
$10,000 to $14,999: 2827
$15,000 to $19,999: 2985
$20,000 to $24,999: 4161
$25,000 to $29,999: 3572
$30,000 to $34,999: 3561
$35,000 to $39,999: 3515
$40,000 to $44,999: 3273
$45,000 to $49,999: 2952
$50,000 to $59,999: 5319
$60,000 to $74,999: 5149
$75,000 to $99,999: 4526
$100,000 to $124,999: 1996
$125,000 to $149,999: 1060
$150,000 to $199,999: 799
$200,000 or more: 678

First ancestries reported:

German: 38422

Norwegian: 17777

Irish: 7828

Other groups: 7818

Dutch: 5435

English: 4416

United States or American: 4205

Swedish: 3136

Danish: 2000

French (except Basque): 1746

Subsaharan African:: 1272

Polish: 1258

Czech: 904

Italian: 845

Scotch-Irish: 827

Yugoslavian: 619

Scottish: 612

European: 511

Scandinavian: 468

Ethiopian: 452

Ukrainian: 421

French Canadian: 398

Arab:: 329

African: 325

Sudanese: 297

Russian: 253

Finnish: 245

Welsh: 223

Luxemburger: 202

Greek: 193

Belgian: 193

British: 170

Czechoslovakian: 144

Lebanese: 141

Swiss: 125

Northern European: 110

Hungarian: 98

Nigerian: 91

Iranian: 61

Somalian: 61

Latvian: 61

Arab/Arabic: 53

Pennsylvania German: 44

Romanian: 43

Austrian: 40

Canadian: 40

Croatian: 38

Icelander: 33

Lithuanian: 32

Turkish: 31

Egyptian: 30

Iraqi: 28

Other Arab: 26

Syrian: 26

Serbian: 26

Palestinian: 25

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 25

Armenian: 24

Sierra Leonean: 23

Portuguese: 21

Estonian: 20

Slovak: 19

Bermudan: 17

Australian: 10

Slovene: 9

Albanian: 9

South African: 9

Other Subsaharan African: 8

West Indian: 8

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 7

Kenyan: 6

Macedonian: 6

Eastern European: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (11%)
Ethiopia (9%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (8%)
Ukraine (7%)
Vietnam (6%)
Other Northern Africa (6%)
Guatemala (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 74659
Northeast: 1468
Midwest: 31652
South: 3849
West: 5993

47% of Sioux Falls residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in South Dakota.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 196
Nursery to 4th grade: 76
5th and 6th grade: 268
7th and 8th grade: 1,091
9th grade: 708
10th grade: 729
11th grade: 880
12th grade, no diploma: 719
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,684
Less than 1 year of college: 2,408
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,021
Associate degree: 2,523
Bachelor's degree: 7,718
Master's degree: 1,996
Professional school degree: 1,137
Doctorate degree: 369

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 221
Nursery to 4th grade: 47
5th and 6th grade: 162
7th and 8th grade: 1,324
9th grade: 551
10th grade: 591
11th grade: 622
12th grade, no diploma: 772
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,992
Less than 1 year of college: 3,166
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,105
Associate degree: 3,539
Bachelor's degree: 8,070
Master's degree: 1,776
Professional school degree: 477
Doctorate degree: 169

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 6.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.4%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 17.1%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 19.4%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 1.7%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 10.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 13.3%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $49,414
Black householders: $21,761
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $18,295
Asian householders: $76,628
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $43,993
Some other race householders: $22,194
Two or more races householders: $34,623
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $30,744

Sioux Falls household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Sioux Falls household income for Black householders

Sioux Falls household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Sioux Falls household income for Asian householders

Sioux Falls household income for Some other race householders

Sioux Falls household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Sioux Falls marital status for males

Sioux Falls marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $148,544
Black or African American householders: $153,496
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $94,369
Asian householders: $123,787
Some other race householders: $91,020
Two or more races householders: $124,515
Hispanic or Latino householders: $141,117

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 29,146
One, attached: 1,822
Two: 1,835
3 or 4: 2,392
5 to 9: 2,509
10 to 19: 3,877
20 to 49: 4,725
50 or more: 2,118
Mobile homes: 3,292
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Median worth of mobile homes: $31,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Sioux Falls:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (94%) Electricity (5%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Electricity (30%) Other fuel (4%) No fuel used (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,774

Here:	13.1%
South Dakota:	8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 769

Here:	10.9%
South Dakota:	5.6%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,636

Here:	43.0%
South Dakota:	17.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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