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Waterloo, IA Urban Area

119,632 Population
63.7 square miles 1,877.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,469 ±$1,657 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,197 ±$5,023 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.9% ±2.7% (17,084  ±3,079) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

14.6 minutes ±0.5 (839,270  ±49,174) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

50,220 ±1,501 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (114,903  ±1,886) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±2.1% (1,316  ±624) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

53,525 ±786 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$200,200 ±$16,292 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.4% ±3.3% (18,282  ±3,891.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.6% ±4.6% (68,693  ±3,640.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
30.6% ±2.7% (22,918  ±2,054.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.1% ±1.5% (9,695  ±1,849) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.3% ±1% (5,880  ±889) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,880 Total veterans ±889 5,227 Male ±841 653 Female ±352

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