# Cities in Iowa by median age, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `median_age`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Age that divides the resident population into two halves of equal size. Spain and the EU: on 1 January. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. Canada: on 1 July, Statistics Canada population estimates.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B01002: median age, total population, 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-b01002.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 B01002: median age, total population, 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-b01002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/median-age/iowa-cities

| Rank | Place | years |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Clinton, IA | 44 |
| 2 | Carroll, IA | 43.6 |
| 3 | Newton, IA | 42.6 |
| 4 | Burlington, IA | 42.5 |
| 4 | Mason City, IA | 42.5 |
| 6 | Spencer, IA | 41.4 |
| 7 | Boone, IA | 41.3 |
| 8 | Bettendorf, IA | 40.9 |
| 9 | Marion, IA | 40.6 |
| 10 | Pleasant Hill, IA | 39.5 |
| 11 | Urbandale, IA | 39.2 |
| 12 | Le Mars, IA | 39 |
| 13 | Council Bluffs, IA | 38.7 |
| 14 | Dubuque, IA | 38.1 |
| 15 | Norwalk, IA | 37.8 |
| 16 | Fort Dodge, IA | 37.6 |
| 16 | Oskaloosa, IA | 37.6 |
| 18 | Davenport, IA | 37.5 |
| 19 | Clive, IA | 37.4 |
| 19 | Johnston, IA | 37.4 |
| 21 | Cedar Rapids, IA | 37.3 |
| 22 | Muscatine, IA | 37 |
| 23 | Ottumwa, IA | 36.7 |
| 23 | Waterloo, IA | 36.7 |
| 25 | Altoona, IA | 36.1 |
| 26 | West Des Moines, IA | 36 |
| 27 | Indianola, IA | 35.9 |
| 28 | Marshalltown, IA | 35.7 |
| 29 | Grimes, IA | 35.4 |
| 30 | Pella, IA | 35.2 |
| 31 | Sioux City, IA | 34.9 |
| 32 | Waukee, IA | 34.7 |
| 33 | Des Moines, IA | 34.6 |
| 34 | Coralville, IA | 34 |
| 35 | Ankeny, IA | 33.6 |
| 36 | Waverly, IA | 32.8 |
| 37 | North Liberty, IA | 31.7 |
| 38 | Storm Lake, IA | 30.9 |
| 39 | Cedar Falls, IA | 29.3 |
| 40 | Iowa City, IA | 26.2 |
| 41 | Ames, IA | 23.3 |