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About Cedar Falls
City in Iowa, USCedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city population was 40,713. Cedar Falls is home to the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), a public university. Cedar Falls, along with neighboring city Waterloo, Iowa, are the two principal municipalities within the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Cedar River traverses the vicinity to the southeast.
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Housing in Cedar Falls
The typical Cedar Falls home is worth about $269,000, up 2.2% in a year, 12% above the Iowa typical home.
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Safety in Cedar Falls
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Schools in Cedar Falls
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The public schools Cedar Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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