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Council Bluffs, IA real estate and demographic information

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Council Bluffs zip codes51501, 51502, 51575, 51548, 51503, 51576, 51553, 51549, 51571, 51526

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POPULATION
58,249

Council Bluffs, IA Information

COUNCIL BLUFFS INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 58,249
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 24,367
COUNCIL BLUFFS HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 61.21%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 32.77%
% VACANT 6.02%
TYPE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 67.72%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 1.60%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 7.30%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 18.45%
MOBILE HOMES 4.89%
OTHER 0.04%
SIZE OF COUNCIL BLUFFS HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.38%
1 BEDROOM 14.31%
2 BEDROOMS 36.34%
3 BEDROOMS 36.03%
4 BEDROOMS 9.25%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1.69%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 8.15%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 22.51%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 38.63%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 30.71%


COUNCIL BLUFFS REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $114,507
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $603
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$74,000 18.39%
$74,001-$149,000 57.93%
$149,001-$300,000 19.89%
$300,001-$448,000 2.77%
$448,001-$598,000 0.61%
$598,001-$748,000 0.25%
$748,001-$1,122,000 0.11%
$1,122,001-$1,496,000 0.00%
> $1,496,000 0.05%


PEOPLE OF Council Bluffs DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 6.98%
5 TO 17 18.93%
18 TO 24 10.36%
25 TO 34 14.18%
35 TO 54 28.21%
55 TO 64 7.99%
65 YEARS AND OVER 13.36%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 81.26%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 13.89%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $36,221
PER CAPITA INCOME $18,143
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 10.33%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Retail (13.23%), Manufacturing (12.56%), Healthcare (11.97%), Finance (8.47%), Education (6.83%), Transportation (6.59%), Construction (6.54%), Accomodation (5.60%), Other (5.20%), Wholesale (4.13%), Arts (3.81%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.23%), Public Service (3.15%), Administration (3.14%), Information Technology (2.46%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 4.20%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 95.04%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 1.00%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.37%
ASIAN 0.65%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.04%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 1.88%
TWO OR MORE RACES 1.00%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 4.52%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Unclassified (25.86%), German (23.85%), Irish (9.90%), Other Groups (8.45%), English (6.45%), United States or American (5.99%), Danish (3.34%), Norwegian (2.21%), Italian (2.09%)
FOREIGN BORN 2.62%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (87.91%) , Spanish (3.23%)
About Council Bluffs

Council Bluffs is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 58,249 people and 23 constituent neighborhoods, Council Bluffs is the seventh largest community in Iowa.

Council Bluffs is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Council Bluffs is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Council Bluffs who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.72%), sales jobs (11.33%), and food service (5.72%).

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Council Bluffs spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.89 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Council Bluffs Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Council Bluffs rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.89% of adults 25 and older in Council Bluffs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Council Bluffs in 2000 was $18,143, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $72,572 for a family of four.

The people who call Council Bluffs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Council Bluffs is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Council Bluffs include German, Irish, English, Danish, Norwegian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Council Bluffs is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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