Home Value Trail

Sioux City, IA home price history and building permits

Woodbury CountyPlymouth CountySioux City, IA-NE-SDIowa

  • Price trail: Woodbury County
  • FHFA annual index 1977 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Permits through

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. The line on this page is the index of Woodbury County, the county of Sioux City. The FHFA annual house price index for Woodbury County increased by 82.1% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Sioux City authorized 101 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026.

2015

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. These figures are for the index of Woodbury County, the county of Sioux City.

+82.1%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Woodbury County increased by 82.1%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.2%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Woodbury County+82.1%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD+83.6%
Iowa+65.4%
United States+85.0%
Woodbury County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1977
  • Woodbury County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Woodbury County, not of Sioux City. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Woodbury County, 1977 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
2025573.78+3.6%
2024553.92+5.6%
2023524.77+6.6%
2022492.47+14.4%
2021430.37+9.6%
2020392.83+3.0%
2019381.40+4.2%
2018366.10+5.4%
2017347.24+4.6%
2016332.01+5.4%
2015315.12+4.3%
2014302.21+3.0%
2013293.39+2.8%
2012285.52+1.2%
2011282.15−0.7%
2010284.22+1.0%
2009281.29+0.2%
2008280.64+1.7%
2007275.96+2.8%
2006268.47+3.3%
2005259.77−0.4%
2004260.92+1.7%
2003256.58+1.7%
2002252.21+1.6%
2001248.25+2.0%
2000243.50+3.7%
1999234.79+2.5%
1998228.98+4.2%
1997219.76+2.7%
1996213.89+6.4%
1995201.01+7.4%
1994187.18+5.8%
1993176.89+7.5%
1992164.62+5.0%
1991156.80+4.7%
1990149.70+5.8%
1989141.48+7.2%
1988132.01+2.6%
1987128.68+0.9%
1986127.51+3.5%
1985123.16−1.8%
1984125.41+3.6%
1983121.05n/a
1980115.45−1.8%
1979117.52+11.7%
1978105.19+5.2%
1977100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Woodbury County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Woodbury County and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Woodbury County+3.6%+46.1%+82.1%+120.9%+135.6%+6.2%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD+4.4%+47.4%+83.6%+121.6%+140.9%+6.3%
Iowa+3.2%+41.4%+65.4%+82.3%+119.4%+5.2%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Sioux City. The first row is the index of Woodbury County.

Building permits in Sioux City

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Sioux City authorized 101 housing units. That is 1.2 units for each 1,000 residents. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 170 units.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 24 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Sioux City, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 2026110
Jul 2026660
Jun 2026550
May 2026770
Apr 2026770
Mar 202621210
Feb 2026862
Jan 2026220
Dec 2025660
Nov 2025990
Oct 2025880
Sep 202521912
Aug 2025990
Jul 202514140
Jun 2025880
May 202512120
Apr 202518180
Mar 2025880
Feb 202584480
Jan 2025550
Dec 2024220
Nov 2024312
Oct 2024440
Sep 2024330
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureSioux CityWoodbury CountyIowaUnited States
All units10115212,9331,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit87 (86%)130 (86%)7,399 (57%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units2446234,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units0632217,298
In buildings with 5 or more units12 (12%)12 (8%)4,750 (37%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residents1.21.44.04.1
Change from the 12 months before−40.6%−25.9%−5.1%−0.1%
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Sioux City, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202520211092
20241404892
202313834104
202219688108
20211061060
2020521115406
201934178263
201855532
201792920
201622094126
201521168143
2014887612
20131079116
2012814932
2011432914
2010553718
2009664422
200853494
2007844737
2006886820
2005695316
20041535499
20031067432
20021119813
20011307951
2000988018
199991874
19981198138
199726094166
1996228115113
199528395188

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. For a place that does not report each month, the Census Bureau imputes the monthly figures.

Agency pages

  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.
  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Sioux City, IA home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/ia/sioux-city/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Woodbury County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 662500. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Woodbury County, 1977 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
County of the place
The county code of the Building Permits Survey row, and the Census Bureau 2020 place by county file.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

What kinds of buildings have permits in Sioux City?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 87 units are in buildings with one unit. 2 units are in buildings with two to four units. 12 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 170 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 101 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count decreased by 40.6% between the two periods.
How many units is that for each 1,000 residents?
Sioux City has 1.2 units for each 1,000 residents. Woodbury County has 1.4 units for each 1,000 residents. Iowa has 4.0 units for each 1,000 residents.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Sioux City authorized 4,535 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2020, with 521.