Cambridge vs Roland

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

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

Roland has the higher population (1,458 vs 948 in Cambridge). Roland has the higher median household income ($84,779 vs $74,531 in Cambridge). Roland has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $172,800 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Roland
Population	948	1,458
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,531	$84,779
Median home value	$172,800	$173,100
Median gross rent	$1,080	$983
Housing units	405	702
Homeownership rate	84.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Roland
Population	868 → 948 (+9.2%)	1,408 → 1,458 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $74,531 (+2.4%)	$76,413 → $84,779 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $172,800 (+20.6%)	$146,300 → $173,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$615 → $983 (+59.8%)

Cambridge

Population

868948

Median household income

$72,813$74,531

Median home value

$143,300$172,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Roland

Population

1,4081,458

Median household income

$76,413$84,779

Median home value

$146,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$615$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Roland
Under 5	8.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.1%
75 and over	5.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Roland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Roland
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Roland
Drove alone	78.5%	84.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Roland
1-unit, detached	83.0%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Roland
Poverty rate	10.4%	0.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1966	1958