The past 12 months have been full of the sight and sounds of building construction in Sioux Center, and it was a banner year for residential and commercial growth.
Residential construction spiked in 2024 for both single-family dwellings and multi-family residential. Sioux Center saw 29 new single-family homes started, which nearly doubled the numbers from each of the previous 3 years. This is the highest number of single-family home permits since 2018. The total single-family residential valuation added in 2024 was about $12 million.
For multi-family growth, 45 units were built or started in Sioux Center in 2024, which is up from 27 the previous year and the highest in at least a decade. This includes townhomes, like those built in southeast Sioux Center in the Ridge Creek area, condos like the 16-unit tower under construction at Woodbridge, and apartments. Total valuation added for multi-family residential in 2024 was more than $9 million, up from about $5.9 million the previous year.
Sioux Center also saw commercial construction across a variety of sectors in 2024, ranging from education to entertainment to service business. With 13 new construction permits for the year, the total valuation represented was $63.8 million, nearly double the previous year’s valuation.
“It was exciting to see the amount of residential and commercial growth in the community over the past year. As a city, guided by our City Council’s strategic initiatives, we continue to help facilitate a variety of options with developers that help meet the needs of our growing community,“ said City Manager Scott Wynja.
