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Waterloo, IA

67,471 Population
61.6 square miles 1,095.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39 ±0.2

Economics

$32,469 ±$2,232 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $37,798 ±$1,816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,536 ±$427
$61,737 ±$4,418 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $72,382 ±$3,040
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,501 ±$1,016

15.7% ±3.9% (10,453  ±2,594) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 12.1% † 19,802 (±2% / ±3,275)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 356,404 (±0.4% / ±12,911)

15.9 minutes ±0.6 (466,345  ±22,415) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17 1,309,795 (±0.4 / ±40,967)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

29,630 ±1,549 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 70,593 ±1,264
  • Iowa: 1,343,422 ±8,051
2.2 ±0.1 (66,421  ±49) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.3 163,313 (±0 / ±94)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,141,310

5.2% ±2.9% (848  ±486) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,891 (±1.6% / ±650)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.4% 39,589 (±0.5% / ±3,803)

Housing

32,083 ±1,454 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 75,534 ±79
  • Iowa: 1,458,471 ±525

$160,200 ±$9,683 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $212,400 ±$9,947
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $227,300 ±$2,299

12.8% ±3.9% (8,615  ±2,615) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 14% † 23,584 (±2.4% / ±4,035)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.8% 376,872 (±0.5% / ±14,909.6)

Social

88.1% ±5.2% (40,779  ±2,886.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 93.1% 102,112 (±3.7% / ±4,074.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93% 2,038,609 (±0.9% / ±20,451.3)
21.4% ±2.9% (9,889  ±1,404.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 32% 35,057 (±2.2% / ±2,423.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 32.1% 702,673 (±0.6% / ±12,534)

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

12.4% ±2.9% (8,337  ±1,934) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6.2% 10,502
  • about double the rate in Iowa: 6.3% 203,549

7.7% ±1.6% (4,048  ±868) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 6.1% † 8,018 (±0.7% / ±936)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.2% 155,483 (±0.2% / ±5,007)
4,048 Total veterans ±868 3,470 Male ±799 578 Female ±337

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