Cambridge vs Maxwell

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Maxwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cambridge has the higher population (948 vs 789 in Maxwell). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($85,789 vs $74,531 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $147,300 in Maxwell).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Maxwell
Population	948	789
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,531	$85,789
Median home value	$172,800	$147,300
Median gross rent	$1,080	$625
Housing units	405	363
Homeownership rate	84.6%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Maxwell
Population	868 → 948 (+9.2%)	784 → 789 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $74,531 (+2.4%)	$71,667 → $85,789 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $172,800 (+20.6%)	$118,100 → $147,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$579 → $625 (+7.9%)

Cambridge

Population

868948

Median household income

$72,813$74,531

Median home value

$143,300$172,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Maxwell

Population

784789

Median household income

$71,667$85,789

Median home value

$118,100$147,300

Median gross rent

$579$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Maxwell
Under 5	8.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Maxwell
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Maxwell
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.7%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Maxwell
Drove alone	78.5%	90.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Maxwell
1-unit, detached	83.0%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Maxwell
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1966	1941