Sac County, IA

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2023 Population

9,759

0.194% 1-year decline

US Senator

Chuck Grassley

Republican Party

US Senator

Joni Ernst

Republican Party

2023 Median Age

45.3

0.221% 1-year increase

2023 Poverty Rate

7.91%

8.83% 1-year decrease

2023 Median Household Income

$70,991

3.22% 1-year growth

2023 Median Property Value

$138,400

15.8% 1-year growth

2023 Employed Population

5,035

1.61% 1-year growth

About

In 2023, Sac County, IA had a population of 9.76k people with a median age of 45.3 and a median household income of $70,991. Between 2022 and 2023 the population of Sac County, IA declined from 9,778 to 9,759, a −0.194% decrease and its median household income grew from $68,778 to $70,991, a 3.22% increase.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Sac County, IA are White (Non-Hispanic) (93.1%), White (Hispanic) (1.9%), Other (Hispanic) (1.06%), Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) (0.81%), and Asian (Non-Hispanic) (0.666%).

None of the households in Sac County, IA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

98.1% of the residents in Sac County, IA are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Sac County, IA was $138,400, and the homeownership rate was 78%.

Most people in Sac County, IA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 20.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Sac County, IA was 2 cars per household.

Sac County, IA borders Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Ida County, IA, and Pocahontas County, IA.

United States Iowa

Population & Diversity

Sac County, IA is home to a population of 9.76k people, from which 98.1% are citizens. As of 2023, 3.1% of Sac County, IA residents were born outside of the country (303 people).

In 2023, there were 49.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.08k people) in Sac County, IA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 185 White (Hispanic) and 103 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

98.1%

2023 Citizenship

98.2%

2022 Citizenship

As of 2023, 98.1% of Sac County, IA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2022, the percentage of US citizens in Sac County, IA was 98.2%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Sac County, IA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Sac County, IA

White (Non-Hispanic)
9.08k ± 19
White (Hispanic)
185 ± 65
Other (Hispanic)
103 ± 51

4.08%

Hispanic Population

398 people

4.08% of the people in Sac County, IA are hispanic (398 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Sac County, IA as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Iowa.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
42,808 ± 5,046 people
India
12,283 ± 2,716 people
China
7,889 ± 2,178 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Iowa was Mexico, the natal country of 42,808 Iowa residents, followed by India with 12,283 and China with 7,889.

Foreign-Born Population

3.1%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

303 people

2.68%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

262 people

As of 2023, 3.1% of Sac County, IA residents (303 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 13.8%. In 2022, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Sac County, IA was 2.68%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Sac County, IA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
247 ± 53
Gulf War (2001-)
113 ± 56
Gulf War (1990s)
60 ± 31

Sac County, IA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.19 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Sac County, IA employs 5.04k people. In 2023, the largest industries in Sac County, IA were Manufacturing (857 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (821 people), and Retail Trade (619 people), and the highest paying industries were Utilities ($72,857), Finance & Insurance ($67,857), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($64,375).

Employment

Occupations

5.04k

2023 Value

± 319

1.61%

1 Year growth

± 8.7%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Sac County, IA grew at a rate of 1.61%, from 4.96k employees to 5.04k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Sac County, IA, are Management Occupations (677 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (536 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (462 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Sac County, IA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Iowa.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Iowa (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

5.04k

2023 Value

± 319

1.61%

1 Year growth

± 8.7%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Sac County, IA grew at a rate of 1.61%, from 4.96k employees to 5.04k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Sac County, IA, are Manufacturing (857 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (821 people), and Retail Trade (619 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Sac County, IA, though some of these residents may live in Sac County, IA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$52,500

Median earning men ± $1,876

$36,250

Median earning women ± $1,974

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($78,333), Information ($77,727), and Public Administration ($70,208).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($49,632), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($46,250), and Manufacturing ($44,216).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Iowa.

Y-Axis

1.48%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.57M people employed in Iowa. This represents a 1.48% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Iowa.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

34
Other Services (except Public Administration)
32
Transportation and Warehousing
24
Retail Trade

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$27.6k
Manufacturing
$18.4k
Wholesale Trade
$18.2k
Health Care and Social Assistance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Iowa went to Donald J. Trump with 55.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.789%).

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing the state of Iowa. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Sac County, IA. Showing the available data for Iowa.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (55.7%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (42.5%)
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy (0.789%)
Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Iowa went to Donald J. Trump with 55.7% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.789%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Iowa for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Iowa

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Iowa.

Chuck Grassley

Senator from Iowa

Assumed office on January 3, 1981

Joni Ernst

Senator from Iowa

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are the senators currently representing Iowa.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Iowa over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Iowa

Iowa is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Iowa have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Iowa.

Measure

In 2023, 0.708% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.723% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Iowa.

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2023 were High School or Equivalent (748k), Some college (554k), and Bachelors Degree (481k).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Sac County, IA was $138,400 in 2023, which is 0.456 times smaller than the national average of $303,400. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $119,500 to $138,400, a 15.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Sac County, IA is 78%, which is higher than the national average of 65%.

People in Sac County, IA have an average commute time of 20.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Sac County, IA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Sac County, IA is $70,991. In 2023, the tract with the highest Median Household Income in Sac County, IA was Census Tract 803, Sac County, IA with a value of $79,972, followed by Census Tract 802, Sac County, IA and Census Tract 801, Sac County, IA, with respective values of $73,906 and $70,897.

In 2024, 8.75% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Sac County, IA. From 2014 to 2024, the indicator declined 0.754%.

Housing

Property

$138,400

Median Property Value 2023

±$11,743

$3,317

Median Property Taxes

±$222

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Sac County, IA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Sac County, IA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

78%

Homeownership

2023

64.7%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

In 2023, 78% of the housing units in Sac County, IA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 80.8%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Sac County, IA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 803, Sac County, IA
Census Tract 802, Sac County, IA
Census Tract 801, Sac County, IA

In 2023, the tract with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Sac County, IA was Census Tract 803, Sac County, IA with a value of $79,972, followed by Census Tract 802, Sac County, IA and Census Tract 801, Sac County, IA, with respective values of $73,906 and $70,897.

The following map shows all of the tracts in Sac County, IA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$70,991

Median Household Income

± $4,675

4.25k

Number of Households

± 279

In 2023, the median household income of the 4.25k households in Sac County, IA grew to $70,991 from the previous year's value of $68,778.

The following chart displays the households in Sac County, IA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Sac County, IA is from Iowa.

0.441

2023 Wage GINI in Iowa

0.442

2022 Wage GINI in Iowa

In 2023, the income inequality in Iowa was 0.441 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.304% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Iowa was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iowa in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Iowa across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Drove Alone (86.7%)
Worked At Home (4.46%)
Carpooled (4.28%)

In 2023, 86.7% of workers in Sac County, IA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (4.46%) and those who carpooled to work (4.28%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

20.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Sac County, IA have a shorter commute time (20.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.71% of the workforce in Sac County, IA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Sac County, IA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Sac County, IA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Sac County, IA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2024, 8.75% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Sac County, IA. From 2014 to 2024, the indicator declined 0.754%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

7.91% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Sac County, IA (757 out of 9.57k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Sac County, IA is White, followed by Pacific Islander and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2024, 12.9% of the children was living in poverty in Sac County, IA. From 2014 to 2024, the indicator declined 1.8%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Security

Crimes & Accidents

Indicator

In 2022, the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population was 50.5 in Sac County, IA. From 2014 to 2022, the indicator declined 12.9 per 100,000 population.

The graph shows the trend in the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population.

Health

94.8% of the population of Sac County, IA has health coverage, with 41% on employee plans, 18.9% on Medicaid, 16.7% on Medicare, 16.9% on non-group plans, and 1.24% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Sac County, IA see 1,625 patients per year on average, which represents a 1.56% increase from the previous year (1,600 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 3224 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 1382 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.1% were men and 48.9% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

1,625 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Sac County, IA

Primary care physicians in Sac County, IA see an average of 1,625 patients per year. This represents a 1.56% increase from the previous year (1,600 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Sac County, IA in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.3% under 18 years, 16.7% between 18 and 34 years, 37.3% between 35 and 64 years, and 22.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.1% were men and 48.9% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

5.21%

Uninsured

41%

Employer Coverage

18.9%

Medicaid

16.7%

Medicare

16.9%

Non-Group

1.24%

Military or VA

Between 2022 and 2023, the percent of uninsured citizens in Sac County, IA grew by 0.475% from 5.18% to 5.21%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Sac County, IA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.