Because there are quite a few people attending college in Cedar City, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Cedar City provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
One of the benefits of Cedar City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.91 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The citizens of Cedar City are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.02% of adults in Cedar City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cedar City in 2018 was $25,540, which is low income relative to Utah, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,160 for a family of four. However, Cedar City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cedar City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cedar City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cedar City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Cedar City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cedar City include English, European, German, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Cedar City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
