Sioux Falls is a relatively large city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 183,793 people and 37 constituent neighborhoods, Sioux Falls is the largest community in South Dakota.
Unlike some cities, Sioux Falls isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sioux Falls are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sioux Falls is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sioux Falls who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), sales jobs (10.53%), and management occupations (9.25%).
Also of interest is that Sioux Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One thing that you will notice about Sioux Falls is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Sioux Falls a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
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 18.72 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Sioux Falls are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.18% of adults in Sioux Falls have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sioux Falls in 2018 was $33,065, which is wealthy relative to South Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,260 for a family of four. However, Sioux Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sioux Falls is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sioux Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sioux Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sioux Falls include German, Norwegian, Irish, Dutch, and English.
The most common language spoken in Sioux Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.