Cascade vs Peosta

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade and Peosta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cascade has the higher population (2,565 vs 1,922 in Peosta). Peosta has the higher median household income ($120,375 vs $69,861 in Cascade). Peosta has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $196,100 in Cascade).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Peosta
Population	2,565	1,922
Median age	30.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,861	$120,375
Median home value	$196,100	$304,600
Median gross rent	$822	$1,031
Housing units	973	717
Homeownership rate	68.7%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Peosta
Population	2,113 → 2,565 (+21.4%)	1,910 → 1,922 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$53,508 → $69,861 (+30.6%)	$91,563 → $120,375 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $196,100 (+33.4%)	$231,600 → $304,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $822 (+8.9%)	$560 → $1,031 (+84.1%)

Cascade

Population

2,1132,565

Median household income

$53,508$69,861

Median home value

$147,000$196,100

Median gross rent

$755$822

Peosta

Population

1,9101,922

Median household income

$91,563$120,375

Median home value

$231,600$304,600

Median gross rent

$560$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Peosta
Under 5	13.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	29.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	20.6%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	18.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	5.6%
75 and over	7.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Peosta
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Peosta
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	32.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Peosta
Drove alone	75.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	13.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Peosta
1-unit, detached	74.3%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Peosta
Poverty rate	10.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.57	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1976	2006