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Central City, IA

1,266 Population
1.1 square miles 1,178.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±5.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,861 ±$3,407 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $41,820 ±$973
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$81,607 ±$11,764 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $77,084 ±$1,803
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

4.1% ±2% (52  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 9.7% 26,123 (±0.8% / ±2,219)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

29.9 minutes ±9 (15,375  ±3,115) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 20.1 2,460,220 (±0.4 / ±62,328)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

519 ±86 Number of households
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 113,271 ±812
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.2 (1,266  ±230) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 2.4 269,510 (±0 / ±128)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.7% ±3% (7  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.5% † 3,446 (±0.7% / ±432)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

573 ±88 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 121,966 ±169
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$166,400 ±$12,170 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $202,100 ±$3,880
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

3.5% ±2.3% (44  ±29.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 12.3% 33,632 (±0.8% / ±2,200.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

97.8% ±21.1% (852  ±112.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 95.2% 180,406 (±1.5% / ±2,910.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
18.1% ±4.4% (158  ±46.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 32.8% 62,146 (±0.9% / ±1,710.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.2% ±0.4% (2  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 4.5% 12,503
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.3% ±3.6% (89  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 7.7% 16,361 (±0.4% / ±913)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
89 Total veterans ±38 80 Male ±32 9 Female ±13

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