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Sioux City vs Lake Forest

Sioux City, IA compared with Lake Forest, CA · 1,304 miles apart

Sioux City has 86,356 residents to Lake Forest’s 86,333. Sioux City comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, unemployment. Lake Forest does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Sioux City, IA Lake Forest, CA
Population 86,356 86,333
Density (per sq mi) 1,454 5,165
Median household income $68,906 $135,175
Median home value $173,600 $937,000
Median rent $976 $2,672
Homeownership 65.3% 70.5%
Average commute 17.5 min 25.5 min
Median age 34.9 40.2
Bachelor's degree + 22.9% 50.8%
Poverty rate 15.3% 8.5%
Unemployment 4.5% 4.9%
Price to income 2.5× 6.9×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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