What is the population of Cascade city?

Cascade city has 2,565 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #143 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Cascade city?

Median household income in Cascade city is $69,861 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cascade city?

Median gross rent is $822 a month and the median home value is $196,100, so rent absorbs about 14.1% of median household income.

Is Cascade city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cascade city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cascade, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cascade, Iowa (Cascade, IA — Census place “Cascade city”) is 2,565 residents, ranking #143 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $69,861, the median home is worth $196,100 and median gross rent runs $822 a month. Looking for the Cascade Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cascade, IA: 52033.

Population: 2,565Cascade city residents
Median household income: $69,861Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $196,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $822Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 30.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.7%Owner-occupied households

Cascade ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cascade.

The Cascade IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

52033

What the numbers mean in Cascade city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cascade city median would spend about 14.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 68.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cascade city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cascade city is a small town in Iowa, with 2,565 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #143 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 30.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cascade city earn a median of $69,861 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538 and 3% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cascade city is valued at $196,100, 35.4% below the national figure and 25% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $822 a month, 41.5% below the national figure, or roughly $9,864 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cascade city?: Cascade city has 2,565 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #143 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Cascade city?: Median household income in Cascade city is $69,861 a year, 11% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cascade city?: Median gross rent is $822 a month and the median home value is $196,100, so rent absorbs about 14.1% of median household income.
Is Cascade city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cascade city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cascade city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.