Albion vs Cedar Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Albion and Cedar Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

Albion and Cedar Rapids are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albion has the higher population (1,733 vs 484 in Cedar Rapids). Albion has the higher median household income ($70,761 vs $50,125 in Cedar Rapids). Albion has the higher median home value ($210,800 vs $77,800 in Cedar Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
Population	1,733	484
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,761	$50,125
Median home value	$210,800	$77,800
Median gross rent	$731	$729
Housing units	821	228
Homeownership rate	73.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
Population	1,501 → 1,733 (+15.5%)	467 → 484 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$54,464 → $70,761 (+29.9%)	$59,792 → $50,125 (-16.2%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $210,800 (+74.5%)	$80,000 → $77,800 (-2.8%)
Median gross rent	$580 → $731 (+26.0%)	$758 → $729 (-3.8%)

Albion

Population

1,5011,733

Median household income

$54,464$70,761

Median home value

$120,800$210,800

Median gross rent

$580$731

Cedar Rapids

Population

467484

Median household income

$59,792$50,125

Median home value

$80,000$77,800

Median gross rent

$758$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
Under 5	5.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.6%
75 and over	13.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
No high school diploma	3.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
Drove alone	74.5%	80.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	5.8%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.7%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
1-unit, detached	82.3%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Albion	Cedar Rapids
Poverty rate	6.9%	14.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1961	1965