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Cedar Falls, IA

40,662 Population
29.4 square miles 1,381.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,639 ±$2,556 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $38,132 ±$1,074
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$74,165 ±$4,091 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $68,916 ±$1,445
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

15.6% ±2% (5,769  ±745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13% 21,058 (±0.8% / ±1,206)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

13.9 minutes ±0.7 (273,795  ±16,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17.1 1,310,190 (±0.4 / ±36,656)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

15,579 ±427 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 68,518 ±721
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.1 (37,171  ±92) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.4 161,782 (±0 / ±98)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.7% ±1.6% (559  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.6% † 2,248 (±0.8% / ±330)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

16,612 ±365 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 74,779 ±86
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$252,500 ±$11,797 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $186,100 ±$3,106
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

23.8% ±2.4% (9,573  ±956.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 15.9% 26,387 (±1.1% / ±1,760)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

97.4% ±4.1% (22,237  ±1,066.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 94% 101,729 (±1.8% / ±1,925.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
49.2% ±3.2% (11,224  ±772.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 30.5% 33,003 (±1.1% / ±1,181.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% ±1.1% (1,671  ±430) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,905
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

4.7% ±0.8% (1,562  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6% 7,782 (±0.4% / ±553)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
1,562 Total veterans ±269 1,376 Male ±248 186 Female ±118

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