Cedar Falls vs Evansdale

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Falls and Evansdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Falls and Evansdale are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Falls has the higher population (40,662 vs 4,530 in Evansdale). Cedar Falls has the higher median household income ($74,165 vs $57,415 in Evansdale). Cedar Falls has the higher median home value ($252,500 vs $138,200 in Evansdale).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
Population	40,662	4,530
Median age	29.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,165	$57,415
Median home value	$252,500	$138,200
Median gross rent	$1,177	$945
Housing units	16,612	2,224
Homeownership rate	62.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
Population	40,983 → 40,662 (-0.8%)	4,765 → 4,530 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$61,420 → $74,165 (+20.8%)	$49,786 → $57,415 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$189,100 → $252,500 (+33.5%)	$118,800 → $138,200 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,177 (+34.5%)	$813 → $945 (+16.2%)

Cedar Falls

Population

40,98340,662

Median household income

$61,420$74,165

Median home value

$189,100$252,500

Median gross rent

$875$1,177

Evansdale

Population

4,7654,530

Median household income

$49,786$57,415

Median home value

$118,800$138,200

Median gross rent

$813$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
Under 5	4.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	26.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	15.7%
75 and over	7.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
No high school diploma	2.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
Drove alone	75.0%	88.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
1-unit, detached	60.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	9.8%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Falls	Evansdale
Poverty rate	15.6%	20.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1975	1962