# Cities in Iowa by average household size, 2024

All 41 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clive, IA | 2.7 |
| 2 | Storm Lake, IA | 2.7 |
| 3 | Grimes, IA | 2.7 |
| 4 | Urbandale, IA | 2.6 |
| 5 | Marshalltown, IA | 2.6 |
| 6 | Johnston, IA | 2.6 |
| 7 | North Liberty, IA | 2.6 |
| 8 | Ankeny, IA | 2.5 |
| 8 | Pleasant Hill, IA | 2.5 |
| 8 | Sioux City, IA | 2.5 |
| 11 | Altoona, IA | 2.5 |
| 12 | Norwalk, IA | 2.5 |
| 13 | Ottumwa, IA | 2.5 |
| 14 | Waukee, IA | 2.5 |
| 15 | Marion, IA | 2.5 |
| 16 | Bettendorf, IA | 2.4 |
| 17 | Le Mars, IA | 2.4 |
| 18 | Muscatine, IA | 2.4 |
| 19 | Indianola, IA | 2.4 |
| 20 | Waverly, IA | 2.4 |
| 21 | Oskaloosa, IA | 2.4 |
| 22 | Cedar Falls, IA | 2.3 |
| 23 | Council Bluffs, IA | 2.3 |
| 23 | Pella, IA | 2.3 |
| 25 | Boone, IA | 2.3 |
| 26 | Des Moines, IA | 2.3 |
| 27 | Davenport, IA | 2.3 |
| 27 | Newton, IA | 2.3 |
| 29 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 2.3 |
| 29 | Waterloo, IA | 2.3 |
| 31 | Iowa City, IA | 2.2 |
| 32 | Coralville, IA | 2.2 |
| 33 | Clinton, IA | 2.2 |
| 34 | West Des Moines, IA | 2.2 |
| 35 | Fort Dodge, IA | 2.2 |
| 36 | Ames, IA | 2.1 |
| 37 | Spencer, IA | 2.1 |
| 38 | Burlington, IA | 2.1 |
| 38 | Dubuque, IA | 2.1 |
| 40 | Carroll, IA | 2.1 |
| 41 | Mason City, IA | 2.1 |