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Cedar Rapids, IA

137,917 Population
74.2 square miles 1,859.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$40,846 ±$4,786 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $42,126 ±$2,825
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
$69,917 ±$3,379 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $75,295 ±$2,474
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016

10.5% ±2.4% (14,078  ±3,273) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 9.3% † 25,261 (±1.6% / ±4,240)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)

18.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,174,850  ±48,426) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 20.2 2,454,805 (±0.4 / ±60,144)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

59,074 ±1,889 Number of households
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 116,781 ±1,619
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
2.3 ±0.1 (134,509  ±105) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 2.3 272,053 (±0 / ±123)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310

7.4% ±2.7% (2,400  ±874) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 6.6% † 4,083 (±1.7% / ±1,034)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)

Housing

64,678 ±1,888 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 124,618 ±70
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525

$206,500 ±$9,977 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $226,700 ±$8,321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299

13.4% ±2.5% (18,185  ±3,395.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 11% † 30,160 (±1.5% / ±4,044.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)

Social

93.1% ±4.3% (86,206  ±4,567.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 94% 180,805 (±3% / ±5,963.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
32.9% ±2.7% (30,419  ±2,658.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 31.1% 59,883 (±1.9% / ±3,722.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)

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

9.2% ±2.1% (12,680  ±2,912) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.8% 16,222
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549

6.6% ±1.4% (7,229  ±1,492) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 7.1% † 15,529 (±0.8% / ±1,805)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
7,229 Total veterans ±1,492 6,933 Male ±1,417 296 Female ±294

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