Cambridge vs Story City

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

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

Story City has the higher population (3,363 vs 948 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($74,531 vs $73,558 in Story City). Story City has the higher median home value ($205,800 vs $172,800 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Story City
Population	948	3,363
Median age	38.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,531	$73,558
Median home value	$172,800	$205,800
Median gross rent	$1,080	$956
Housing units	405	1,610
Homeownership rate	84.6%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Story City
Population	868 → 948 (+9.2%)	3,377 → 3,363 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $74,531 (+2.4%)	$77,656 → $73,558 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $172,800 (+20.6%)	$145,500 → $205,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$736 → $956 (+29.9%)

Cambridge

Population

868948

Median household income

$72,813$74,531

Median home value

$143,300$172,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Story City

Population

3,3773,363

Median household income

$77,656$73,558

Median home value

$145,500$205,800

Median gross rent

$736$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Story City
Under 5	8.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	13.9%
75 and over	5.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Story City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Story City
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Story City
Drove alone	78.5%	91.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Story City
1-unit, detached	83.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Story City
Poverty rate	10.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1966	1971