Cedar County, Iowa (IA)

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• • 17,60795.4%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3892.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2641.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 820.4%Two or more races
  • 690.4%Asian alone
  • 400.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $208,939

Here:	$208,939
State:	$201,113

Townhouses or other attached units: $156,208

Here:	$156,208
State:	$195,638

In 2-unit structures: $313,720

Here:	$313,720
State:	$120,562

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $158,889

Here:	$158,889
State:	$159,145

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $161,128

Here:	$161,128
State:	$143,957

Mobile homes: $45,195

Here:	$45,195
State:	$75,033

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 23
• Thefts: 60
• Auto thefts: 7

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 3
• Burglaries: 16
• Thefts: 93
• Auto thefts: 7

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,037 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,973 (1.2%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cedar County is $388 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $512 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $662 a month.

Cities in this county include: Tipton, West Branch, Durant, Mechanicsville, Clarence, Lowden, Stanwood, Bennett, Rochester.

Neighboring counties: Bureau County, Illinois , Boone County, Nebraska , Tolland County, Connecticut , Crawford County, Pennsylvania , Sullivan County, Pennsylvania , Ogle County, Illinois , Story County .

Current college students: 686
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 96.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 238 (57.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 592010 or later
• 642000 to 2009
• 381990 to 1999
• 321980 to 1989
• 211970 to 1979
• 36Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 43.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 6,834
• One, attached: 176
• Two: 197
• 3 or 4: 228
• 5 to 9: 246
• 10 to 19: 129
• 20 to 49: 12
• 50 or more: 10
• Mobile homes: 372

Housing units in Cedar County with a mortgage: 3,544 (166 second mortgage, 277 home equity loan, 61 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,518

Religion statistics for Cedar County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cedar County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Iowa Severe Storms, Incident Period: August 10, 2020, FEMA Id: 4557, Natural disaster type: Storm
• Iowa Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: March 17, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4483-IA: March 23, 2020, FEMA Id: 4483, Natural disaster type: Other
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2014 to July 08, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4187: August 05, 2014, FEMA Id: 4187, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: June 21, 2013 to June 28, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4135: July 31, 2013, FEMA Id: 4135, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding, Incident Period: April 17, 2013 to April 30, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4119: May 31, 2013, FEMA Id: 4119, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 25, 2008 to August 13, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1763: May 27, 2008, FEMA Id: 1763, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Iowa Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 10, 2007 to December 11, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1737: January 04, 2008, FEMA Id: 1737, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Iowa Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: February 23, 2007 to March 02, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1688: March 14, 2007, FEMA Id: 1688, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Iowa Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3239: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3239, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Iowa Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: May 19, 2004 to June 24, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1518: May 25, 2004, FEMA Id: 1518, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.40% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($45,722 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.57% relocated from other counties in Iowa ($39,950 average AGI)
0.83% relocated from other states ($5,772 average AGI)

Cedar County:	0.83%
Iowa average:	2.42%

from Johnson County, IA	1.12% ($55,976 average AGI)
from Muscatine County, IA	1.06% ($47,608)
from Linn County, IA	1.04% ($39,936)
from Scott County, IA	0.78% ($46,345)
from Jones County, IA	0.31% ($40,870)

5.94% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,231 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.15% relocated to other counties in Iowa ($36,866 average AGI)
0.78% relocated to other states ($8,365 average AGI)

Cedar County:	0.78%
Iowa average:	2.69%

to Muscatine County, IA	1.04% ($42,182 average AGI)
to Johnson County, IA	1.01% ($47,920)
to Linn County, IA	0.92% ($42,412)
to Scott County, IA	0.74% ($43,709)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 9.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.3
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cedar County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 4%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 3,675 (1,053 living alone), Female householders: 3,846 (1,190 living alone)

• 4,143 spouses (4,108 opposite-sex spouses), 534 unmarried partners, (531 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 5,064 children (4,397 natural, 356 adopted, 350 stepchildren), 257 grandchildren, 119 brothers or sisters, 161 parents, 11 foster children, 100 other relatives, 347 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 307

Size of family households: 2,578 2-persons, 860 3-persons, 877 4-persons, 302 5-persons, 151 6-persons, 86 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,254 1-person, 403 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 8 5-persons.

3,214 married couples with children.
672 single-parent households (159 men, 513 women).

98.0% of residents of Cedar speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $88,272,000 ($4,835 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $711,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $39,422,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $17,495,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $16,054,000
Federal grants: $8,383,000
Federal procurement contracts: $1,412,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $5,507,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $959,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $6,560,000
Federal Government insurance: $69,258,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-1 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 1.19 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

• Year house built in Cedar County, Iowa
• 3232014 or later
• 812010 to 2013
• 7772000 to 2009
• 7901990 to 1999
• 5371980 to 1989
• 1,1901970 to 1979
• 6291960 to 1969
• 5881950 to 1959
• 2661940 to 1949
• 3,1201939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cedar County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cedar County, Iowa
• 01 room
• 122 rooms
• 1743 rooms
• 4854 rooms
• 1,0045 rooms
• 1,2436 rooms
• 1,1367 rooms
• 6628 rooms
• 1,3529+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cedar County, Iowa
• 301 room
• 462 rooms
• 2923 rooms
• 2314 rooms
• 2345 rooms
• 2236 rooms
• 2267 rooms
• 708 rooms
• 889+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cedar County, Iowa

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cedar County, Iowa
• 0no bedroom
• 1441 bedroom
• 1,3602 bedrooms
• 2,7273 bedrooms
• 1,5064 bedrooms
• 3145+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cedar County, Iowa
• 30no bedroom
• 3381 bedroom
• 4622 bedrooms
• 4663 bedrooms
• 1194 bedrooms
• 175+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cedar County, Iowa in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cedar County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 80no vehicle
• 1,1291 vehicle
• 2,5662 vehicles
• 1,3443 vehicles
• 6054 vehicles
• 3575+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cedar County in renter-occupied apartments
• 148no vehicle
• 6051 vehicle
• 4172 vehicles
• 1633 vehicles
• 514 vehicles
• 485+ vehicles

91.8% of Cedar County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 30% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 15,291
• Other state: 2,887
• Northeast: 191
• Midwest: 1,847
• South: 436
• West: 411

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 142
• Number of aged recipients: 14
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 128
• Number of recipients under 18: 24
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 96
• Number of recipients older than 64: 22
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 48
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 65