What is the population of Sidney city?

Sidney city has 6,396 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #30 of 593 in Nebraska.

What is the median household income in Sidney city?

Median household income in Sidney city is $51,704 a year, 34.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sidney city?

Median gross rent is $914 a month and the median home value is $137,300, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

Is Sidney city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sidney city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sidney, NE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sidney, Nebraska (Sidney, NE — Census place “Sidney city”) is 6,396 residents, ranking #30 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $51,704, the median home is worth $137,300 and median gross rent runs $914 a month. Looking for the Sidney Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sidney, NE: 69162.

Population: 6,396Sidney city residents
Median household income: $51,704Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $137,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $914Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.6%Owner-occupied households

Sidney ZIP codes (Nebraska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sidney.

The Sidney NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

69162

What the numbers mean in Sidney city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sidney city median would spend about 21.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.1% of residents and 57.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sidney city, NE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sidney city is a mid-size town in Nebraska, with 6,396 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #30 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 39.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Sidney city earn a median of $51,704 a year, 34.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sidney city is valued at $137,300, 54.7% below the national figure and 15% below the $161,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $914 a month, 35% below the national figure, or roughly $10,968 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sidney city?: Sidney city has 6,396 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #30 of 593 in Nebraska.
What is the median household income in Sidney city?: Median household income in Sidney city is $51,704 a year, 34.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sidney city?: Median gross rent is $914 a month and the median home value is $137,300, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Sidney city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sidney city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sidney city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.