# Cities in Iowa by households, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `households`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of households, which equals the number of occupied housing units. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, 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 B25003: occupied housing units (households), 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-b25003.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 B25003: occupied housing units (households), 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-b25003.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/households/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Des Moines, IA | 90,105 |
| 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 59,351 |
| 3 | Davenport, IA | 43,237 |
| 4 | Sioux City, IA | 32,926 |
| 5 | West Des Moines, IA | 32,233 |
| 6 | Iowa City, IA | 30,816 |
| 7 | Waterloo, IA | 29,283 |
| 8 | Ankeny, IA | 28,361 |
| 9 | Dubuque, IA | 26,131 |
| 10 | Council Bluffs, IA | 26,023 |
| 11 | Ames, IA | 25,785 |
| 12 | Urbandale, IA | 17,547 |
| 13 | Marion, IA | 16,915 |
| 14 | Bettendorf, IA | 16,384 |
| 15 | Cedar Falls, IA | 15,908 |
| 16 | Mason City, IA | 12,698 |
| 17 | Waukee, IA | 11,830 |
| 18 | Burlington, IA | 11,070 |
| 19 | Clinton, IA | 10,754 |
| 20 | Fort Dodge, IA | 10,272 |
| 21 | Marshalltown, IA | 10,135 |
| 22 | Coralville, IA | 9,985 |
| 23 | Ottumwa, IA | 9,980 |
| 24 | Muscatine, IA | 9,640 |
| 25 | Johnston, IA | 9,259 |
| 26 | Altoona, IA | 8,489 |
| 27 | North Liberty, IA | 8,159 |
| 28 | Clive, IA | 7,053 |
| 29 | Newton, IA | 6,772 |
| 30 | Indianola, IA | 6,152 |
| 31 | Grimes, IA | 6,117 |
| 32 | Norwalk, IA | 5,610 |
| 33 | Boone, IA | 5,259 |
| 34 | Spencer, IA | 5,201 |
| 35 | Carroll, IA | 4,696 |
| 36 | Oskaloosa, IA | 4,590 |
| 37 | Pleasant Hill, IA | 4,343 |
| 38 | Le Mars, IA | 4,342 |
| 39 | Pella, IA | 3,995 |
| 40 | Storm Lake, IA | 3,975 |
| 41 | Waverly, IA | 3,856 |