CITY PROFILE
Sioux City, IA
WHAT LIVING HERE IS LIKE
Sioux City is a smaller metro in Iowa with moderately priced homes—not bargain-basement cheap, but not expensive either. You'll experience a temperate four-season climate with moderate sunshine and moderate rainfall, so expect genuine winters and summers with decent weather windows in between. It's a straightforward place to live if you want smaller-city living without extreme weather swings or housing affordability surprises.
By the numbers
| Typical home value | $225K · Zillow, May 2026 (ZHVI) |
|---|---|
| Typical rent | $1,252/mo · Zillow, May 2026 (ZORI) |
| Average temperature | 9.6°C · warmest 25°C · coolest -6.5°C · NASA POWER |
| Annual precipitation | 750 mm · NASA POWER |
| Sunshine (solar energy) | 4.16 kWh/m²/day · NASA POWER (annual mean) |
| Metro size rank (US) | #297 · Zillow SizeRank |
Match scores
- Affordable to buy92
- Affordable to rent85
- Climate comfort39
- Plenty of sunshine47
- Big-city amenities28
Scores are 0–100, normalised across the metros we cover, derived from the sourced figures above (higher = better on that factor). A research aid, not a recommendation to move. Job market, safety, and healthcare access need key-gated feeds (BLS, FBI, Census) not yet wired — see the methodology.
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