Data / Waterloo, IA

Waterloo, IA: key statistics

Population: 66,919 (2025). Unemployment rate: 5.1% (August 2026). Median household income: $57,480 (2024).

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Population and demography

Population66,9192025
Median age36.7 years2024
Hispanic or Latino population share8.4%2024
White (non-Hispanic) population share65.5%2024
Black or African American population share16.4%2024
Asian population share3.2%2024
Foreign-born population share10.1%2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, population 25 and over21.8%2024
High school graduate or higher, population 25 and over89.6%2024
Graduate or professional degree, population 25 and over7%2024
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School enrolment, children aged 3 and 432%2024
Population speaking a language other than English at home14%2024
Population speaking Spanish at home5.4%2024
Residents who moved from another state in the past year1.8%2024
Residents who moved from another county in the past year4.2%2024

Labor market

Mean travel time to work15.9 minutes2024
Unemployment rate5.1%August 2026
Civilian labor force33,5522025
Employed residents31,8912025
Unemployed people1,6612025
Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate)5.3%2024
Labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate)65.6%2024

Health

Adult obesity rate, local model estimate44%2023
Adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate18.9%2023
Diagnosed diabetes in adults, local model estimate13.6%2023
Depression in adults, local model estimate21%2023
High blood pressure in adults, local model estimate37.2%2023
High cholesterol in screened adults, local model estimate37.9%2023
Current asthma in adults, local model estimate10.9%2023
COPD in adults, local model estimate8.1%2023
Coronary heart disease in adults, local model estimate7%2023
Physical inactivity in adults, local model estimate27.5%2023
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Binge drinking in adults, local model estimate19.5%2023
Frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate17.4%2023
Uninsured rate, all ages (US)7%2024
Uninsured rate, under 19 (US, ACS)4.6%2024
Uninsured rate, ages 19 to 34 (US, ACS)12.5%2024
Uninsured rate, ages 35 to 64 (US, ACS)8.8%2024
Uninsured rate, 65 and over (US, ACS)0%2024

Income and living conditions

Gini index44.22024
Median household income$57,4802024
Per capita income (US five-year survey estimate)$32,8372024
Poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate)16.6%2024

Housing

Housing units authorized by building permits3372025
Homeownership rate (US, housing units)62.1%2024
Median home value$152,6002024
Median gross rent (monthly)$9232024
Single-family housing units authorized by building permits442025
Housing units32,1432024
Households29,2832024
Housing vacancy rate, all vacant units (US)8.9%2024
Rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income)45.4%2024
Average household size2.3 persons per household2024

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