# Cities in Iowa by housing units, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `housing_units`
- Unit: count
- Definition: All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. 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 B25001: total 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-b25001.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 B25001: total 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-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/housing-units/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Des Moines, IA | 97,604 |
| 2 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 64,423 |
| 3 | Davenport, IA | 46,849 |
| 4 | Sioux City, IA | 35,001 |
| 5 | West Des Moines, IA | 34,006 |
| 6 | Iowa City, IA | 33,863 |
| 7 | Waterloo, IA | 32,143 |
| 8 | Ankeny, IA | 29,781 |
| 9 | Ames, IA | 28,041 |
| 10 | Dubuque, IA | 27,832 |
| 11 | Council Bluffs, IA | 27,616 |
| 12 | Urbandale, IA | 18,490 |
| 13 | Marion, IA | 18,029 |
| 14 | Bettendorf, IA | 17,042 |
| 15 | Cedar Falls, IA | 16,804 |
| 16 | Mason City, IA | 14,240 |
| 17 | Clinton, IA | 12,395 |
| 18 | Burlington, IA | 12,296 |
| 19 | Waukee, IA | 12,216 |
| 20 | Fort Dodge, IA | 11,475 |
| 21 | Ottumwa, IA | 11,395 |
| 22 | Marshalltown, IA | 11,046 |
| 23 | Coralville, IA | 10,586 |
| 24 | Muscatine, IA | 10,411 |
| 25 | Johnston, IA | 9,720 |
| 26 | Altoona, IA | 8,773 |
| 27 | North Liberty, IA | 8,739 |
| 28 | Clive, IA | 7,363 |
| 29 | Newton, IA | 7,353 |
| 30 | Indianola, IA | 6,525 |
| 31 | Grimes, IA | 6,224 |
| 32 | Boone, IA | 5,951 |
| 33 | Norwalk, IA | 5,820 |
| 34 | Spencer, IA | 5,693 |
| 35 | Oskaloosa, IA | 5,162 |
| 36 | Carroll, IA | 4,965 |
| 37 | Pleasant Hill, IA | 4,621 |
| 38 | Le Mars, IA | 4,512 |
| 39 | Pella, IA | 4,313 |
| 40 | Storm Lake, IA | 4,198 |
| 41 | Waverly, IA | 4,111 |