Cambridge vs Slater

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

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

Slater has the higher population (1,498 vs 948 in Cambridge). Slater has the higher median household income ($87,708 vs $74,531 in Cambridge). Slater has the higher median home value ($222,000 vs $172,800 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Slater
Population	948	1,498
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,531	$87,708
Median home value	$172,800	$222,000
Median gross rent	$1,080	$877
Housing units	405	615
Homeownership rate	84.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Slater
Population	868 → 948 (+9.2%)	1,585 → 1,498 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $74,531 (+2.4%)	$74,219 → $87,708 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $172,800 (+20.6%)	$164,300 → $222,000 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$744 → $877 (+17.9%)

Cambridge

Population

868948

Median household income

$72,813$74,531

Median home value

$143,300$172,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Slater

Population

1,5851,498

Median household income

$74,219$87,708

Median home value

$164,300$222,000

Median gross rent

$744$877

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Slater
Under 5	8.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	17.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.5%
75 and over	5.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Slater
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Slater
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	27.7%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Slater
Drove alone	78.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.9%	14.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Slater
1-unit, detached	83.0%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Slater
Poverty rate	10.4%	5.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1966	1972