Cedar Rapids vs Hiawatha

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Rapids has the higher population (136,859 vs 7,178 in Hiawatha). Cedar Rapids has the higher median household income ($67,859 vs $67,628 in Hiawatha). Hiawatha has the higher median home value ($210,200 vs $177,100 in Cedar Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
Population	136,859	7,178
Median age	36.9 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,859	$67,628
Median home value	$177,100	$210,200
Median gross rent	$925	$846
Housing units	63,669	3,197
Homeownership rate	68.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
Population	132,301 → 136,859 (+3.4%)	7,333 → 7,178 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$58,511 → $67,859 (+16.0%)	$48,191 → $67,628 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$141,800 → $177,100 (+24.9%)	$143,500 → $210,200 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $925 (+20.6%)	$773 → $846 (+9.4%)

Cedar Rapids

Population

132,301136,859

Median household income

$58,511$67,859

Median home value

$141,800$177,100

Median gross rent

$767$925

Hiawatha

Population

7,3337,178

Median household income

$48,191$67,628

Median home value

$143,500$210,200

Median gross rent

$773$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
Under 5	5.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.4%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	8.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	25.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
Drove alone	77.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
1-unit, detached	62.1%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	14.9%
20 or more units	9.3%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Rapids	Hiawatha
Poverty rate	11.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1973	1992