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Waterloo, IA

66,604 Population
61.6 square miles 1,081.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 37 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,383 ±$2,517 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $36,161 ±$1,657
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,518 ±$589
$52,320 ±$3,575 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $62,381 ±$3,760
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $71,433 ±$1,135

15.8% ±3.4% (10,373  ±2,239) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 13.1% † 21,077 (±2.1% / ±3,332)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.3% 351,224 (±0.5% / ±14,199)

16.2 minutes ±0.6 (478,880  ±22,508) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little less than the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 17.1 1,310,190 (±0.4 / ±36,656)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

28,471 ±1,413 Number of households
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 68,791 ±1,748
  • Iowa: 1,337,243 ±6,646
2.3 ±0.1 (65,492  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 2.3 161,292 (±0.1 / ±178)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.3 3,109,409

7.7% ±3.7% (1,269  ±612) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.8% † 2,378 (±1.8% / ±745)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,480 (±0.4% / ±2,922)

Housing

31,808 ±1,457 Number of housing units
  • the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 75,155 ±85
  • Iowa: 1,448,736 ±1,169

$153,600 ±$8,803 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: $190,200 ±$12,246
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $213,300 ±$2,351

10.1% ±2.7% (6,609  ±1,781.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 12.4% † 20,502 (±1.7% / ±2,792.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.5% 396,219 (±0.5% / ±15,207.9)

Social

89.3% ±5.8% (39,154  ±2,967.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 93.7% 101,959 (±3.9% / ±4,362)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,020,937 (±0.9% / ±19,875.4)
20.1% ±2.8% (8,828  ±1,289.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 30.6% 33,321 (±2.2% / ±2,426.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.6% 683,500 (±0.5% / ±11,512.5)

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

9.8% ±2.3% (6,554  ±1,540) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5% 8,451
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 188,605

5.7% ±1.5% (2,800  ±754) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area: 5.9% † 7,681 (±0.9% / ±1,124)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,437 (±0.2% / ±5,633)
2,800 Total veterans ±754 2,549 Male ±729 251 Female ±264

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