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Sumner, IA

2,159 Population
2.5 square miles 878.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.1 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,772 ±$4,320 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $38,132 ±$1,074
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$56,174 ±$8,337 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $68,916 ±$1,445
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

11.8% ±5.8% (247  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13% 21,058 (±0.8% / ±1,206)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

18.2 minutes ±3.2 (16,870  ±4,159) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17.1 1,310,190 (±0.4 / ±36,656)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

913 ±102 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 68,518 ±721
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.3 ±0.1 (2,099  ±240) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.4 161,782 (±0 / ±98)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

0.8% ±1.4% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.6% † 2,248 (±0.8% / ±330)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,020 ±92 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 74,779 ±86
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$111,900 ±$9,983 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $186,100 ±$3,106
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

9.1% ±4.6% (196  ±100.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 15.9% 26,387 (±1.1% / ±1,760)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.5% ±7.5% (1,450  ±194.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 94% 101,729 (±1.8% / ±1,925.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
26.1% ±7.1% (397  ±115.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 30.5% 33,003 (±1.1% / ±1,181.9)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.7% ±0.9% (14  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.3% 8,905
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.6% ±2% (145  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6% 7,782 (±0.4% / ±553)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
145 Total veterans ±38 118 Male ±37 27 Female ±22

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