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Council Bluffs, IA

62,586 Population
43 square miles 1,456.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,937 ±$1,113 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $45,491 ±$540
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,578 ±$2,842 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $84,829 ±$979
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.1% ±1.5% (9,159  ±882) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 10% 96,695 (±0.4% / ±4,023)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±0.8 (486,135  ±25,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 20.9 9,044,625 (±0.2 / ±111,512)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,023 ±419 Number of households
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 389,812 ±1,454
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (60,647  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 2.5 965,094 (±0 / ±184)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±1.2% (629  ±179) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 5.5% 12,885 (±0.4% / ±885)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,616 ±333 Number of housing units
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 412,110 ±247
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$171,800 ±$3,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $268,600 ±$2,100
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±1.4% (7,587  ±889.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 12.8% 124,379 (±0.4% / ±4,161.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±2.7% (37,690  ±1,226.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 92.7% 601,630 (±0.8% / ±5,078.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±1.5% (9,140  ±659.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 39.3% 254,884 (±0.5% / ±3,240.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5% ±0.6% (3,105  ±378) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 8.3% 81,632
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±0.8% (4,030  ±383) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 7.8% 56,592 (±0.2% / ±1,383)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,030 Total veterans ±383 3,773 Male ±380 257 Female ±101

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