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Cedar Falls, IA vs Iowa City, IA

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Highlights
- Household income in Iowa City, is 22% less than it is in Cedar Falls and is 33% below the National Average.
- Cedar Falls unemployment rate is 3.3%.
- Iowa City unemployment rate is 3.5%.

Economy
 Cedar Falls, IAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate3.3%3.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth0.3%1.2%1.6%
 Future Job Growth24.5%29.5%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%6.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes7.4%7.4%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$36,338$32,203$37,638
 Household Income$66,838$51,925$69,021
 Family Median Income$99,672$95,422$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Cedar Falls, IAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K10.0%16.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.3%5.4%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K9.5%9.5%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K9.3%8.5%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K7.1%8.1%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K6.8%7.5%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K9.7%8.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K13.0%10.3%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K18.4%12.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.3%6.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K8.6%6.0%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Cedar Falls, IAIowa City, IAUnited States
 Management, business, finance14.2%11.2%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science6.1%8.0%6.5%
 Community, social services1.5%2.2%1.8%
 Legal1.1%1.0%1.2%
 Education, library9.2%14.5%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment2.2%2.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology7.2%9.9%6.2%
 Healthcare support3.4%3.3%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement1.0%1.0%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving10.9%9.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.2%2.6%3.6%
 Personal care4.7%3.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.6%17.0%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.2%0.5%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair4.7%3.1%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving10.7%10.2%13.1%

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Reviews for Cedar Falls    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa. It's a great college town. Main street is nice and there are plenty of restaurants to choose  More

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Over 11 years ago

We've lived in Cedar Falls since moving here from the great chicago land area in 2006. The school system in Cedar Falls and in Iowa in general if VERY strong.   More

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When I was preparing to moved to Cedar Falls, IA I was repeatedly met with the remark "IOWA!, what's there? corn?" But apart from the bitter winters, tornadoes, and  More

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Reviews for Iowa City    24 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

I was there 5 years. Nothing to do but we’ll go shopping... at Walmart. It lacks so many things. There is no experience here, it jumps on any political band wagon and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Entertainment lacks greatly - especially the Hancher shows. I was hoping after they rebuilt they would be getting better shows there, that didn't happen. One has to  More

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Over 6 years ago

Iowa City is great. It's diverse and never boring. There always a variety of new shops and restaurants to explore and try out. Also watching college kids do stupid  More

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ZIPS IN CEDAR FALLS, IOWA
50613
ZIPS IN IOWA CITY, IOWA
52240 52245 52246 52242

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