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Hiawatha, IA

7,206 Population
4.8 square miles 1,512.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,211 ±$9,865 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $43,062 ±$971
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,270 ±$8,046 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $78,080 ±$2,070
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±6% (971  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 9.4% 25,372 (±0.6% / ±1,660)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.9 minutes ±0.4 (48,435  ±6,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 20.2 2,454,805 (±0.4 / ±60,144)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,936 ±209 Number of households
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 114,000 ±655
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (7,096  ±27) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 2.4 270,091 (±0 / ±123)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.6% ±0.7% (11  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 5.9% † 3,730 (±0.7% / ±420)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,183 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 123,107 ±96
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$216,900 ±$40,582 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: $211,500 ±$4,190
  • a little higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.8% ±7.2% (1,068  ±514.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 11.8% 32,259 (±0.8% / ±2,132)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±8.4% (4,341  ±487.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 95.2% 181,497 (±1.6% / ±3,009.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.4% ±5.6% (1,485  ±277.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 32.9% 62,673 (±1% / ±1,804.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

8.5% ±4.1% (610  ±293) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 4.8% 13,395
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2% (294  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cedar Rapids, IA Metro Area: 7.6% 16,355 (±0.4% / ±870)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
294 Total veterans ±105 265 Male ±101 29 Female ±36

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