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Cedar Rapids, IA

135,960 Population
74.2 square miles 1,833.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$37,508 ±$2,530 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $39,960 ±$1,481
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
$66,720 ±$4,303 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $73,569 ±$3,163
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135

12% ±2.2% (15,828  ±2,891) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 9.6% † 25,784 (±1.4% / ±3,787)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)

17.3 minutes ±1 (1,090,035  ±82,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 19.9 2,410,300 (±0.8 / ±116,802)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 20 29,172,684 (±0.2 / ±446,587)

Families

58,123 ±2,100 Number of households
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 114,563 ±2,022
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
2.3 ±0.1 (132,388  ±62) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 2.4 269,144 (±0 / ±76)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409

4.9% ±2.3% (1,640  ±783) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.5% † 3,411 (±1.7% / ±1,046)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)

Housing

62,871 ±1,918 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 123,510 ±54
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169

$191,100 ±$10,786 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $222,200 ±$8,039
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351

16.7% ±2.5% (22,442  ±3,316.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 11.6% † 31,487 (±1.6% / ±4,295.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)

Social

94.6% ±4.6% (87,494  ±4,745.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 95.7% 182,569 (±3.1% / ±5,907.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
31.9% ±3.1% (29,540  ±2,912.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 33.3% 63,533 (±1.9% / ±3,666.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)

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

8.9% ±2% (12,120  ±2,661) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.3% 14,529
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605

7.4% ±1.3% (7,968  ±1,418) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 7.4% † 15,934 (±0.9% / ±1,909)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
7,968 Total veterans ±1,418 7,480 Male ±1,301 488 Female ±299

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