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Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metro Area

170,081 Population
1,503.1 square miles 113.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,798 ±$1,816 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$72,382 ±$3,040 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.1% ±2% (19,802  ±3,275) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

16.5 minutes ±0.4 (1,344,550  ±55,649) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

70,593 ±1,264 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (163,313  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±1.6% (1,891  ±650) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

75,534 ±79 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$212,400 ±$9,947 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14% ±2.4% (23,584  ±4,035) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93.1% ±3.7% (102,112  ±4,074.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32% ±2.2% (35,057  ±2,423.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

6.2% (10,502  ±1,879) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.1% ±0.7% (8,018  ±936) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
8,018 Total veterans ±936 7,217 Male ±872 801 Female ±381

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