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Council Bluffs, IA

62,564 Population
43 square miles 1,456.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,252 ±$1,411 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $44,338 ±$562
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$64,092 ±$3,681 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $83,023 ±$977
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

13.2% ±1.7% (7,976  ±1,021) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 9.5% 90,658 (±0.4% / ±3,416)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

18.6 minutes ±1 (514,600  ±31,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 20.9 9,151,025 (±0.2 / ±103,722)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

25,894 ±423 Number of households
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 384,397 ±1,244
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0 (60,624  ±64) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 2.5 955,495 (±0 / ±182)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

4.1% ±1.2% (610  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 5.6% 12,963 (±0.4% / ±922)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

27,576 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 407,404 ±146
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$164,300 ±$4,412 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $248,100 ±$1,805
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

12.4% ±1.4% (7,675  ±887.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 13% 124,479 (±0.4% / ±3,810.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

89.1% ±2.9% (37,999  ±1,285.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 92.7% 595,040 (±0.8% / ±4,926.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
21.7% ±1.4% (9,249  ±618.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 39.1% 250,953 (±0.5% / ±3,063.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.7% ±0.5% (2,911  ±328) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 7.9% 76,847
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.6% ±0.8% (4,193  ±377) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 8.1% 58,119 (±0.2% / ±1,436)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
4,193 Total veterans ±377 3,924 Male ±375 269 Female ±120

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