A city of 137,264, settled in 1849. Home to 63 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Cedar Rapids does most differently from other towns.
1868 · Birds eye view of the city of Cedar Rap…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 63 places on the National Register.
3 colleges in town.
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Nothing on the calendar.
Ordered by what stands out in Cedar Rapids. Another town gets a different order.
Cedar Rapids beats the Iowa average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4.
| What stands out | Cedar Rapids | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high blood pressure | 30.7% | 33.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.8% | 6.4% |
57% of Cedar Rapids’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Marion (5%), Hiawatha (4%) and Iowa City (4%). Half commute less than 5 miles.
46 miles of trails across 86 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sac and Fox Trail City Park | 6.2 mi | 336 |
| 2. Noelridge Park | 1.7 mi | 96 |
| 3. Seminole Valley Park | 1.6 mi | 359 |
The typical Cedar Rapids home is worth about $212,000, up 2.3% in a year, 11% below the Iowa typical home.
The public schools Cedar Rapids’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Iowa’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viola Gibson Elementary School | PK–5 | 565 | A− |
| West Willow Elementary School | PK–5 | 555 | B− |
| Maple Grove Elementary | PK–5 | 539 | B− |
| Prairie Hill Elementary School | PK–4 | 466 | C− |
| Westfield Elementary School | K–4 | 445 | A |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary | PK–4 | 438 | B |
Cedar Rapids reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 80% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 52%.
Cedar Rapids has cold winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 29 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 36% of U.S. communities.
Where Cedar Rapids’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
63 places in Cedar Rapids on the National Register of Historic Places.
43 notable people were born in Cedar Rapids.
City in Iowa, United States
Cedar Rapids is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States, and the county seat. The population was 137,710 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 137,935 in 2025. making it the second-most populous city in Iowa. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, 20 miles (32 km) north of Iowa City and 128 miles (206 km) northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital. Cedar Rapids is the economic hub of Eastern Iowa, located at the core of the Interstate 380 corridor. The population of the three-county Cedar Rapids metropolitan area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha, was 276,520 in 2020. The Cedar Rapids metropolitan area is also part of a combined statistical area with …
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5 towns share a border with Cedar Rapids.
