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Sidney city, Nebraska: commercial real estate data.
Sidney city is a Census city of 6,419 people across 7.48 square miles of land, in Cheyenne County. Median household income is $54,734, 57.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.3 m.
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Sidney
What Sidney is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.48 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land858
- County holding the largest share of its areaCheyenne County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
How many people live in Sidney
- Population6,419
- Median age41.9
- Population under 181,322
- Share under 1820.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,346
- Share 65 and over21.0 percent
- Households3,113
- Family households1,694
- Share of households that are families54.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
Income and work in Sidney
- Median household income$54,734
- Per capita income$32,095
- Civilian labor force3,361
- Employed3,257
- Unemployed104 plus or minus 57
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over4,567
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
Housing in Sidney
- Housing units3,248
- Occupied units3,113
- Vacant units135 plus or minus 69
- Vacancy rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied1,791
- Renter occupied1,322
- Ownership rate57.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$139,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$819
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent
- Single family units2,278
- Share single family70.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more855 plus or minus 224
- Share in buildings of two or more26.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes115 plus or minus 70
- Median year structure built1959
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
How Sidney gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,948
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,068
- Share commuting under 15 minutes70.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more430 plus or minus 140
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Drove alone75.6 percent
- Carpooled9.7 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked5.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home8.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sidney
SBA loans in Sidney (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$6,258,000
- Average approval$1,251,600
- Median approval$535,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$4,544,000
- Largest approval$4,544,000
- Jobs supported34
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises20.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sidney
SBA loans in Sidney (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$3,101,000
- Average approval$1,550,500
- Median approval$1,933,000
- Largest approval$1,933,000
- Jobs supported71
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Cheyenne County, not Sidney
Cheyenne County context, not Sidney figures
These are Cheyenne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sidney measurements.
- Establishments in Cheyenne County281
- Employment at those establishments, Cheyenne County3,171
- Covered employment, Cheyenne County3,940
- Average annual pay, Cheyenne County$47,970
- Average weekly wage, Cheyenne County$923
- Housing units permitted, Cheyenne County11
- Of those, single family, Cheyenne County11
- County product, 2024, Cheyenne County$686,678,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cheyenne County1.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cheyenne County$47,257
Every figure in this section is published for Cheyenne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sidney. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sidney questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sidney, Nebraska?
6,419, in 3,113 households. Sidney city covers 7.48 square miles of land, which is 858 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sidney in?
Cheyenne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sidney?
$54,734. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $139,400. Median gross rent is $819 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sidney businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $6.3 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $535,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $3.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sidney, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sidney borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sidney. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sidney figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cheyenne County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sidney.
Is zoning published for Sidney?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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