Demographics of Cedar Falls city, Iowa

Cedar Falls city, Iowa had 41,240 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +540 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Cedar Falls city, in four figures

41,240
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 40,888 ±39.; +1.3%
Change since July 2020: +540 people.; 29.3 ±1.4
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $76,987 ±$5,036
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Cedar Falls city, Iowa's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Cedar Falls city, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Cedar Falls city, Iowa's population grew 1.3% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Cedar Falls city, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	40,700	100.0	100.0
2021	40,648	99.9	100.2
2022	40,521	99.6	100.7
2023	40,958	100.6	101.6
2024	41,197	101.2	102.5
2025	41,240	101.3	103.1

Population of Cedar Falls city, Iowa on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	40,700	—
2021	40,648	−52
2022	40,521	−127
2023	40,958	+437
2024	41,197	+239
2025	41,240	+43

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 29.3 ±1.4: for men 28.5 ±2.7 and for women 29.7 ±1.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Cedar Falls city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Under 5	1,754 ±239	4.3% ±0.6	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,374 ±453	13.1% ±1.1	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	11,213 ±981	27.4% ±2.4	10.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	8,877 ±606	21.7% ±1.5	25.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	7,113 ±552	17.4% ±1.3	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,557 ±533	16.0% ±1.3	18.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $76,987 ±$5,036, and income per person $41,428 ±$2,394, in 2024 dollars. The median is $75,059 ±$418 in Iowa and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Cedar Falls city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Iowa	United States
Under $25,000	1,936 ±362	12.2% ±2.2	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	3,215 ±448	20.2% ±2.8	18.5% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,594 ±407	16.3% ±2.5	17.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,781 ±262	11.2% ±1.6	14.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,093 ±427	19.4% ±2.6	18.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,576 ±349	9.9% ±2.2	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,713 ±358	10.8% ±2.2	8.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Cedar Falls city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Iowa	United States
All ages	5,855 ±743	15.7% ±2.0	11.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	461 ±153	6.6% ±2.1	12.9% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	5,065 ±682	22.6% ±2.9	11.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	329 ±124	4.2% ±1.5	8.8% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Cedar Falls city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cedar Falls city	Iowa	United States
Housing units	16,804 ±468	1,437,699 ±523	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.7% ±0.6	91.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.3% ±1.6	8.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.0% ±2.0	71.7% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	36.0% ±2.8	28.3% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$263,600 ±$13,449	$208,000 ±$1,141	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,203 ±$52	$972 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1975 ±2	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Cedar Falls city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Hispanic or Latino	893 ±235	2.2% ±0.6	7.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	37,031 ±437	90.6% ±1.1	82.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	555 ±249	1.4% ±0.6	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,300 ±276	3.2% ±0.7	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to < 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 83	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,067 ±283	2.6% ±0.7	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Cedar Falls city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Born in the state	30,807 ±808	75.3% ±2.0	69.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	8,272 ±742	20.2% ±1.8	23.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	418 ±194	1.0% ±0.5	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,391 ±264	3.4% ±0.6	5.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	760 ±210	1.9% ±0.5	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	631 ±206	1.5% ±0.5	3.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Cedar Falls city among the places of Iowa

14th of 86 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Places of Iowa near Cedar Falls city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Waterloo city	67,008 ±37
Council Bluffs city	62,586 ±40
Dubuque city	59,174 ±59
Urbandale city	46,595 ±58
Marion city	41,896 ±42
Cedar Falls city	40,888 ±39
Bettendorf city	39,647 ±42
Waukee city	29,236 ±34
Marshalltown city	27,626 ±28
Mason City city	27,050 ±27
Ottumwa city	25,430 ±29

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Cedar Falls city, Iowa

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Iowa by median rent
No. 3 Places in Iowa by poverty rate
No. 14 Places in Iowa by per capita income
No. 16 Places in Iowa by median household income
No. 19 Places in Iowa by median home value
No. 31 Places in Iowa by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026