Cambridge vs Zearing

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

Cambridge and Zearing 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 584 in Zearing). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($74,531 vs $67,031 in Zearing). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $138,600 in Zearing).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Zearing
Population	948	584
Median age	38.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,531	$67,031
Median home value	$172,800	$138,600
Median gross rent	$1,080	$1,125
Housing units	405	202
Homeownership rate	84.6%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Zearing
Population	868 → 948 (+9.2%)	534 → 584 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $74,531 (+2.4%)	$53,750 → $67,031 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $172,800 (+20.6%)	$100,600 → $138,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$663 → $1,125 (+69.7%)

Cambridge

Population

868948

Median household income

$72,813$74,531

Median home value

$143,300$172,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Zearing

Population

534584

Median household income

$53,750$67,031

Median home value

$100,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$663$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Zearing
Under 5	8.9%	10.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.0%
75 and over	5.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Zearing
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Zearing
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.7%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Zearing
Drove alone	78.5%	65.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Zearing
1-unit, detached	83.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Zearing
Poverty rate	10.4%	22.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1966	1959