Iowa · Census place 11755
Cedar Falls city, IA
Quick answer
Cedar Falls city has 40,662 residents, ranking #14 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $74,165, the median home is worth $252,500 and median gross rent runs $1,177 a month.
- Population
- 40,662Cedar Falls city residents
- Median household income
- $74,165Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $252,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,177Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 29.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 62.6%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Cedar Falls city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cedar Falls city median would spend about 19% 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 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.6% of residents and 62.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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- Waukee city 26,974
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