One of the benefits of Sidney is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.55 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.
Sidney 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 population of Sidney overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Sidney, 22.62% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Sidney in 2022 was $29,024, 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 $116,096 for a family of four. However, Sidney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sidney is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sidney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sidney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sidney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sidney include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Norwegian.
The most common language spoken in Sidney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
