Council Bluffs.
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Iowa·Pottawattamie County
22 tracts·57K people·$172K median·1,335/mi²
White 81 · Hispanic 12 · Multiracial 3 · Black 3 · Asian 1 · Other 1
Married couple 39 · Living alone 33 · Other 27
Retail 23 · Health 21 · Manufacturing 20 · Leisure 17 · Professional 11 · Public admin 5 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 32 · Sales · office 21 · Production · transport 19 · Service 18 · Construction · maintenance 9
Drive alone 80 · Carpool 14 · Work from home 8 · 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 Council Bluffs is $171,800 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Council Bluffs has 62,586 residents across 18 census tracts and 19 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 38.7; the population is 81.2% White, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Multiracial, 2.7% Black, 1.1% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.3 people; 21.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 15.1% (Census ACS).
College View Elementary (80%), Lewis & Clark Elementary School (78%) and Hoover Elementary School (76%) lead the elementary schools; Lewis Central Middle School (82%), Gerald W Kirn Middle School (68%) and Woodrow Wilson Middle School (55%) lead the middle schools; Lewis Central Senior High School (76%), Abraham Lincoln High School (55%) and Thomas Jefferson High School (51%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,030/month, 35% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Council Bluffs is $64,578 a year, 25% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Council Bluffs, median rent is $1,030/month and the median home value is $171,800 (Census ACS).
Council Bluffs reported 4.5 violent crimes and 30.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 86°F; winter lows average 17°F; there are 71 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 31 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Council Bluffs are tornado (98), strong wind (96) and landslide (95), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.04g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Council Bluffs, 1.6% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).