With 62,586 people, Council Bluffs is a city in Iowa. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. The typical home is worth $171,800, having more than doubled since 2000. 5% of residents were born outside the United States. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average. Density works out to 1,457 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $64,578, below the US median
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.4%(943)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.2%(853)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.1%(1,334)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.9%(198)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(20)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 4,030 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Council Bluffs, decade by decade
Council Bluffs population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
54,315
$60,035
$105,363
10.0%
8.4
2000
58,268
$65,982
$139,357
13.9%
17.7
2010
62,230
$60,899
$158,962
15.1%
29.6
2020
62,799
$64,782
$148,354
19.5%
41.7
2024
62,586
$64,578
$171,800
21.5%
40.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
