Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety79#195/924
Economy94#57/925
Housing81#172/925
Health88#116/925
Healthcare88#109/923
Environment40#555/917
Education90#98/925
Infrastructure93#63/925
Community88#110/925
Leisure & amenities68#300/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cedar Rapids, IA metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mammography screening · high62.2%
99/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Flu vaccinations · high56.3%
98/100Iowa 51.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.8%
95/100Iowa 6.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
High school diploma or higher · high95.2%
94/100Iowa 93.3%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Distance to an airport · low13 mi
94/100Iowa 44 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.8%
93/100Iowa 7.2%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high1.43%
11/100Iowa 1.33%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Days with unhealthy air · high1.4%
23/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Distance to an Amtrak station · high73 mi
27/100Iowa 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Preventable hospital stays · high3,279 /100k
30/100Iowa 2,368 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · low3.0 /10k
34/100Iowa 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · high44
36/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureImproving
38% (2021) → 16% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−22 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
5.4 /100k (2021) → 1.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
7.9 /1k (2020) → 10.9 /1k (2025)
+38%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
78.5% (2010 & 2021) → 86.2% (2022 & 2024)
+7.6 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
19.7% (Dec 2021) → 27.1% (Aug 2026)
+7.5 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.9% (2015-2019) → 91.0% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cedar Rapids, IA metro area improved on 12 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 6 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Homicides−68%5.4 /100k → 1.7 /100k
Firearm deaths−13%13.6 /100k → 11.9 /100k
Overdose deaths−38%17.9 /100k → 11.1 /100k
Arts & recreation+6.5%4.3 /10k → 4.6 /10k
Child poverty−1.8 points12.8% → 11.1%

Declined7

Grocery stores−14%1.6 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Inequality+0.0140.426 → 0.440
Uninsured+0.6 points4.2% → 4.8%
Gyms−9%1.3 /10k → 1.2 /10k
Pharmacies−13%2.0 /10k → 1.8 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Cedar Rapids, IA metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.3 /10k2020	4.6 /10k2025	+6.5%	Improved	44%
Average commute time	19.8 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	48%
Average weekly wage	$1,1022020	$1,3232025	+20%	Improved	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%2015-2019	32.9%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Improved	29%
Broadband subscriptions	83.9%2015-2019	91.0%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Improved	25%
Child poverty rate	12.8%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Improved	42%
Distance to an airport	13 mi2020	13 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	12%
Drug overdose deaths	17.9 /100k2020	11.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−38%	Improved	67%
Effective property tax rate	1.57%2015-2019	1.43%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	55%
Firearm deaths	13.6 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−13%	Improved	72%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−14%	Declined	17%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−9%	Declined	26%
High school diploma or higher	94.3%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	69%
Homicide rate	5.4 /100k2020	1.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−68%	Improved	88%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,5932019	$73,8852024	+31%	Improved	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4262015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.014	Declined	22%
Median household income	$64,6872015-2019	$78,0802020-2024	+21%	Improved	17%
New business applications	7.9 /1k2020	10.9 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−13%	Declined	37%
Poverty rate	10.0%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Public libraries	1.1 /10k2019	1.1 /10k2024	+2%	Little change	76%
Public transit commuters	0.5%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent as share of income	26.6%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent-burdened households	40.2%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Restaurants and bars	9.5 /10k2020	9.7 /10k2025	+2.1%	Little change	55%
Suicide rate	17.5 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.8%	Little change	66%
Traffic deaths	8.5 /100k2015-2019	9.4 /100k2020-2024	+11%	Declined	43%
Unemployment rate	5.9%2020	3.8%2025	−2.1 points	Improved	25%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.2%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Declined	26%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Cedar Rapids, IA metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cedar Rapids, IA metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cedar Rapids, IA metro area itself moved −1.1 points in standing on average over the same 28 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

276,624 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

276,624 residents

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

White84%232,828
Black5.1%14,132
Hispanic or Latino3.8%10,532
Asian2.1%5,677
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†182
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†53
Other or two or more races4.8%13,220

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

190,699 residents (±140)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

No high school diploma4.8%9,202
High school or GED28%53,712
Some college21%39,561
Associate degree13%25,551
Bachelor's degree22%42,194
Graduate degree11%20,479

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+1.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

114,000 households (±655)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Under $25k12%13,861
$25k–50k19%21,170
$50k–75k17%19,763
$75k–100k14%15,999
$100k–150k19%21,376
$150k–200k9.7%11,083
$200k or more9.4%10,748

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

114,000 households (±655)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Own75%85,551
Rent25%28,449

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

27,061 households (±1,007)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Under $75028%7,619
$750–1,00028%7,522
$1,000–1,50031%8,476

Home values

85,551 homes (±903)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Under $150k25%21,767
$150k–250k36%30,741
$250k–400k25%21,182

Age of homes

123,107 homes (±96)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

2010 or later12%14,443
2000–200914%16,730
1980–199920%24,317

Size of homes

123,107 homes (±96)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Studio1.5%1,903
1 bedroom9.4%11,609
2 bedrooms25%30,434

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

141,432 workers (±1,469)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Drive alone76%107,373
Carpool6.5%9,255
Public transit0.5%†748
Walk1.8%2,602
Bike0.2%†274
Work from home14%20,134
Other0.7%†1,046

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+10.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

121,298 workers (±1,511)

Cedar Rapids, IA metro area
United States share

Under 15 min39%46,759
15–29 min40%48,848
30–44 min13%15,620

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Cedar Rapids, IA employ 29,250 people. 3 pay a median above the US median and 7 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Cedar Rapids, IA by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Fast Food and Counter Workers3,590 jobs	3,590	$28,280US $31,200	−9%	1.04×
Retail Salespersons3,410 jobs	3,410	$33,430US $35,410	−6%	0.98×
Customer Service Representatives3,130 jobs	3,130	$45,510US $44,770	+2%	1.35×
Cashiers3,090 jobs	3,090	$29,270US $32,880	−11%	1.12×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers3,030 jobs	3,030	$58,900US $58,640	0%	1.64×
Registered Nurses2,880 jobs	2,880	$78,370US $97,550	−20%	0.95×
General and Operations Managers2,860 jobs	2,860	$90,620US $105,770	−14%	0.91×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand2,730 jobs	2,730	$43,300US $40,240	+8%	1.03×
Stockers and Order Fillers2,270 jobs	2,270	$36,840US $37,330	−1%	0.89×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides2,260 jobs	2,260	$35,370US $35,800	−1%	0.59×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Cedar Rapids, IA has 6,793 employer establishments, 247 for every 10,000 residents (0.99× the US rate of 248), with 128,088 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,765. The Census Bureau also counts 19,090 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,793; 19,090 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 247; US 248
Paid employees: 128,088
Average annual pay: $59,765; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cedar Rapids, IA by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	504	18.3	0.88×About typical	6,170	$76,867	622
Specialty trade contractors	488	17.7	1.14×About typical	5,892	$76,725	1,282
Restaurants and other eating places	475	17.2	0.94×About typical	8,695	$19,291	77
Lessors of real estate	267	9.7	0.79×Fewer than typical	987	$54,304	2,306
Full-service restaurants	236	8.6	1.12×About typical	4,390	$21,294	37
Construction of buildings	214	7.8	1.03×About typical	1,291	$68,256	579
Offices of other health practitioners	208	7.6	1.24×About typical	1,298	$52,210	334
Religious organizations	188	6.8	1.23×About typical	1,237	$23,019	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	184	6.7	0.99×About typical	1,605	$36,131	1,073
Automotive repair and maintenance	179	6.5	1.29×More than typical	1,049	$50,486	229
Building equipment contractors	171	6.2	1.03×About typical	3,369	$78,972	161
Insurance agencies and brokerages	171	6.2	1.41×More than typical	1,393	$63,302	386

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 275,481 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $905.6M on contracts performed in Cedar Rapids, IA metro area: $3,243 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $905.6M; −50% vs FY2025
Per resident: $3,243; US $1,994
Sole-source: 40%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.6%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$295.5M33%
United States Mint$138.2M15%
Department of the Army$136.4M15%
Defense Contract Management Agency$123.8M14%
Department of the Air Force$97.6M11%
Defense Logistics Agency$61.7M6.8%
U.S. Coast Guard$22.3M2.5%
U.S. Special Operations Command$13.7M1.5%

Top recipients

ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$302.9M33%
DATA LINK SOLUTIONS LLC$281M31%
PMX INDUSTRIES, INC.$138.2M15%
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.$81.1M9.0%
GENERAL CONSTRUCTORS INC. OF THE QUAD CITIES$44.2M4.9%

Spending by fiscal year

1.2BFY2017
1.3BFY2018
1.5BFY2019
1.7BFY2020
1.7BFY2021
1.8BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
1.9B

Top industries (NAICS)

Communications equipment manufacturing · 3342$426.1M47%
Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing · 3314$138.2M15%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$97.3M11%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$87.7M9.7%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$57.1M6.3%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379

Largest awards

TCTS INCREMENT II (TCTS INC II)$401.2M
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.· Linn County, IA· Research & development· Mar 28, 2017 – Jan 28, 2026· N6134017C0007
MIDS JTRS SPARES PRODUCTION$361.4M
DATA LINK SOLUTIONS LLC· Linn County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Sep 17, 2025 – Jun 1, 2026· N0003925F4045
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MILITARY USERS EQUIPMENT MINIATURE SERIAL INTERFACE RECEIVER CARD PROGRAM WITH NEXT GENERATION APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCREMENT 2$360.7M
BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.· Linn County, IA· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 6, 2020 – Jun 11, 2026· FA880721C0003

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.8B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cedar Rapids, IA metro area: $6,343 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.8B; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,343; US $12,955
Loan face value: $57.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.2B66%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$124.5M7.0%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$112.6M6.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$83.1M4.7%
20.284 · Promoting Resilient Operations for Transformative, Efficient, and Cost-Saving Transportation (Protect)$56.4M3.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$36.6M2.1%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$36.2M2.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$25.5M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS$70.5M4.0%
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$45.4M2.6%
AMES, IA
KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$19.5M1.1%
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
CEDAR RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$5.9M0.3%
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
CEDAR RAPIDS AND IOWA CITY RAILWAY COMPANY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.4B80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$128.1M7.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$107.8M6.1%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency$47.8M2.7%
Department of Agriculture
Department of Education$34.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.5BFY2021
1.5BFY2022
1.5BFY2023
1.6BFY2024
1.8BFY2025
1.8BFY2026

County aggregates

87%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Cedar Rapids, IA

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Cedar RapidsPrincipal city137,264

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Iowa

Areas based in Iowa, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Cedar Rapids, IA metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Cedar Rapids, IA

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Iowa

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined7

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought