Located in Sioux County
Cornfields and farmland stretch for miles beyond the city limits of Sioux Center. About halfway between Sioux City and Sioux Falls, the small city of about 8,000 serves as a hub for the surrounding communities and towns in Sioux County. Walmart, a golf course and Dordt University draw people to Sioux Center, while its local restaurants and symphony orchestra bolster the community culture.
Near downtown, older Nationals and bungalows sit behind trees and front yards next to curbs and sidewalks. Fanning out from downtown, split-levels and ranch-style homes are more common, many on streets with tall trees and streetlights. Over by the Ridge Golf Club, New Traditionals sit on lots with landscaped bushes and basketball hoops in the driveway. Recent sales in Sioux Center are rare, so pricing information is limited, but the median housing price is about $340,000.
Students head to Kinsey Elementary School for kindergarten through third grade before continuing to Sioux Center Intermediate School for fourth and fifth grade. Both schools receive a B-minus from Niche. Sioux Center Middle School and Sioux Center High School both receive a B. Sioux Center Christian School, currently unrated, is another local option for kindergarten through eighth grade. First opened in 1903, it is the oldest permanent Christian school west of the Mississippi.
Sioux Center is also home to Dordt University, a private Christian institution that serves about 2,000 students. The liberal arts college also offers programs in business administration, engineering, nursing and agriculture.
Sioux Center has a Walmart Supercenter and a Hy-Vee within city limits. Centre Mall — true to its name, right in the center of town — is home to Casey’s Bakery, which serves all kinds of baked goods but specializes in Dutch classics like stroopwafels and almond butter cake. Downtown, the Fruited Plain Café has an eclectic vibe with mixed-and-matched furniture, rugs, and pictures on the wall.
All Seasons Center, Sioux Center’s main green space, shares its athletic fields with the university but remains open to the public. In the summer, Siouxnami Waterpark offers a pool, a lazy river and slides. The Recreation Trail runs 6 miles through Sioux Center, offering bikers and pedestrians a path from the university to Children’s Park, where there’s a playground and disc golf course. The Ridge Golf Club is open to the public, with plans to add a shorter, nine-hole course in the near future.
U.S. Highway 75, aka Main Street, cuts through the center of town. Other than the bike trail, Sioux Center residents need a car to get around. Sioux Center Health is within city limits, so residents don’t have to leave town for medical care. Sioux Gateway Airport, about 50 miles south, has nonstop flights to major cities like Chicago and Denver.
Sioux Center is home to the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, a combination of community members and college students that performs four times a year. Every June, the Summer Celebration brings the community together for a cookout, pickleball tournaments, carnival games, markets in the street and live music.
Interested in learning more about homes in this area? Reach out to , an experienced agent in this area.
Brenda Janssen
Century 21 ProLink - Le Mars
(712) 938-1317
159 Total Sales
5 in Sioux Center
$130K - $355K Price Range
Michael Stokes
Stokes Realty, LLC
(712) 900-0691
116 Total Sales
11 in Sioux Center
$215K - $650K Price Range
Dave Pluim
Hegg, REALTORS
(605) 250-7349
17 Total Sales
1 in Sioux Center
$210,000 Price
Tonya Vakulskas
Keller Williams Okoboji
(531) 625-2453
130 Total Sales
1 in Sioux Center
$208,000 Price
Jennifer Jansen
Epic Realty Inc.
(712) 798-3452
276 Total Sales
250 in Sioux Center
$45K - $1.9M Price Range
Jacki Maassen
Vision Realty
(712) 882-7506
104 Total Sales
63 in Sioux Center
$45K - $575K Price Range
On average, homes in Sioux Center, IA sell after 58 days on the market compared to the national average of 50 days. The median sale price for homes in Sioux Center, IA over the last 12 months is $347,500, up 20% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
