Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa·Linn County
39 tracts·120K people·$187K median·1,623/mi²
White 78 · Black 9 · Multiracial 6 · Hispanic 5 · Asian 3 · Other 1
Married couple 40 · Living alone 35 · Other 25
Professional 24 · Manufacturing 22 · Health 21 · Retail 20 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 39 · Sales · office 20 · Production · transport 18 · Service 16 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 77 · Carpool 13 · Work from home 12 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Cedar Rapids is $187,100 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Cedar Rapids has 137,264 residents across 31 census tracts and 28 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 37.3; the population is 77.5% White, 8.5% Black, 5.5% Multiracial, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% Asian and 0.7% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 33.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 10.8% (Census ACS).
Prairie View Elementary School (88%), Viola Gibson Elementary School (88%) and Prairie Ridge Elementary (84%) lead the elementary schools; Harding Middle School (77%), Taft Middle School (74%) and Prairie Point (73%) lead the middle schools; Prairie High School (72%), John F Kennedy High School (70%) and George Washington High School (63%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $967/month, 39% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Cedar Rapids is $70,424 a year, 18% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Cedar Rapids, median rent is $967/month and the median home value is $187,100 (Census ACS).
Cedar Rapids reported 3.0 violent crimes and 28.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 16°F; there are 75 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 37 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Cedar Rapids are strong wind (89), hail (86) and winter weather (79), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.06g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Cedar Rapids, 2.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).