Cedar Rapids vs Petersburg

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

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

Cedar Rapids has the higher population (484 vs 423 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $50,125 in Cedar Rapids). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $77,800 in Cedar Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
Population	484	423
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,125	$73,750
Median home value	$77,800	$134,100
Median gross rent	$729	$863
Housing units	228	200
Homeownership rate	90.7%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.4%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
Population	467 → 484 (+3.6%)	408 → 423 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$59,792 → $50,125 (-16.2%)	$44,464 → $73,750 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $77,800 (-2.8%)	$65,000 → $134,100 (+106.3%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $729 (-3.8%)	$608 → $863 (+41.9%)

Cedar Rapids

Population

467484

Median household income

$59,792$50,125

Median home value

$80,000$77,800

Median gross rent

$758$729

Petersburg

Population

408423

Median household income

$44,464$73,750

Median home value

$65,000$134,100

Median gross rent

$608$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
Under 5	7.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.3%
75 and over	6.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	3.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
No high school diploma	8.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	44.2%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
Drove alone	80.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	10.2%
Other means	2.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	89.0%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Rapids	Petersburg
Poverty rate	14.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1965	1963