City safety & data profile
Cedar RapidsIA
Cedar Rapids, IA is a 130K-resident city in Linn County with a median household income of $70,424.
Linn County, Iowa. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cedar Rapids, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cedar Rapids has a population larger than 95% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $187,100, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 130K
- Population (place)
- Top 5%
- By size
- $70,424
- Median income (place)
- $187,100
- Median home (place)
- 10.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids posts a median household income higher than 37% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Cedar Rapids area.
- Bottom 38%
- by median income, US cities
- 2
- hospitals in & near Cedar Rapids
Where Cedar Rapids income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$70,424 Bottom 37% higher than 37% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in IA
Population among 40 IA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Des Moines
Des Moines, IA
214,133 residents
- Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA
130,405 residents
- Davenport
Davenport, IA
102,582 residents
- Sioux City 82,821
Sioux City, IA
82,821 residents
- Iowa City 74,220
Iowa City, IA
74,220 residents
- Waterloo 68,460
Waterloo, IA
68,460 residents
- Ames 65,060
Ames, IA
65,060 residents
- West Des Moi… 64,113
West Des Moines, IA
64,113 residents
- Council Bluffs 62,597
Council Bluffs, IA
62,597 residents
- Dubuque 58,799
Dubuque, IA
58,799 residents
What this shows Des Moines is the largest IA city on this list; Clive leads median income.
Highest median incomes in IA
Median household income among the same 40-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Clive
Clive, IA
$132,121 median
- Grimes
Grimes, IA
$120,037 median
- Urbandale
Urbandale, IA
$112,795 median
- Ankeny
Ankeny, IA
$108,198 median
- Johnston
Johnston, IA
$106,551 median
- Norwalk
Norwalk, IA
$102,722 median
- North Liberty
North Liberty, IA
$102,102 median
- Waukee
Waukee, IA
$101,029 median
- Bettendorf
Bettendorf, IA
$100,495 median
- Marion
Marion, IA
$86,743 median
What this shows Clive posts the highest place-level median income in IA; Des Moines is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Cedar Rapids, IA beyond the headline numbers
Cedar Rapids sits inside Linn County, Iowa, at roughly 42.01°N, -91.64°W. Population 130,405, $70,424 median household income. Median home value $187,100, median rent $967. Poverty rate 10.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
2 hospitals in/around Cedar Rapids, 4/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.
At 10.8%, poverty in Cedar Rapids, IA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Cedar Rapids runs about 2.7 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.
12.9% of Cedar Rapids workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 20.4% in Cedar Rapids, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cedar Rapids from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Linn County): Cedar Rapids's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 10.8% -13% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 33.1% |
| Work From Home | 12.9% |
| Public Transit | 0.8% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 2 total
What alerts and safety updates affect Cedar Rapids?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cedar Rapids right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet IA-CEDAR-RAPIDS · Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cedar Rapids; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Iowa state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cedar Rapids, both outside Iowa so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IA (10.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IA ($70,424 here).
Compare Cedar Rapids with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Cedar Rapids's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cedar Rapids area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Cedar Rapids against Iowa peers on any ranking lens. Explore Iowa
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Linn County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.