Sac County, Iowa

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,899 91.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 422 4.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 44 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 35 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 237 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 17 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 27 0.3%

• Under 18 2,105 21.7%
• 18–24 658 6.8%
• 25–44 1,962 20.2%
• 45–64 2,613 27.0%
• 65 and over 2,351 24.3%

Median household income

$73,294

90% interval $65,347–$81,241

−$2,329 vs IA · 47th of 99

Below poverty line

11.5%

90% interval 9.1%–13.9%

+0.3 pp vs IA · 39th of 99

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$793.7M

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,330

Establishments

382

• Education & health services 714 24.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 676 22.9%
• Manufacturing 521 17.6%
• Public administration 245 8.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 191 6.5%
• Financial activities 131 4.4%
• Natural resources & mining 123 4.2%
• Construction 121 4.1%
• Other services 86 2.9%
• Professional & business services 69 2.3%
• Information 36 1.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.0%

+6.3 pp vs IA · 34th of 99

Median gross rent

$722

−$250 vs IA · 86th of 99

Owner-occupied

3,356

Renter-occupied

946

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $72,369/yr) pays 5.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,211/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,100 75.3%
• Democratic 1,289 23.7%
• Other / third-party 59 1.1%

• Spanish 275 3.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 9 0.1%
• Chinese 6 0.1%
• Arabic 4 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

Households

4,302

Family households

2,680

62.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

693

25.9% of families

Single-mother families

180

6.7% of families

Veterans

581

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 2,591 26.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,367 24.1%
• Catholic 1,898 19.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

95.2%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1.3 pp

54th of 99

With a disability

13.5%

±1.5 pp

57th of 99

Bachelor's or higher

22.3%

±2.3 pp

−9.1 pp vs IA · 50th of 99

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.1%–7.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd Judicial District Court

Judges

16 (District Court judges per Judicial Election District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). District Associate, Associate Juvenile, and Magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) are separately allocated and not counted here. Vintage 2026 iowacourts.gov directory; counts cross-checked against Iowa Code § 602.6201.)

Court seats

Allison, Boone, Carroll, Charles City, Clarion, Dakota City, Eldora, Forest City, Fort Dodge, Garner, Hampton, Jefferson, Marshalltown, Mason City, Nevada, Northwood, Osage, Pocahontas, Rockwell City, Sac City, Waverly, Webster City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

39.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3