Cedar County Has Climbed in Property Ownership by 1.8%, Since Reported Values in 2000

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Parent Category: Iowa

Category: Cedar County, IA

According to data from the 2010 Census, Cedar County, Iowa decreased in number of total housing units by 494, or 7%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Iowa increased in housing units by 103,906, or 8%.

Put side by side with the United States, Cedar County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential properties. 553, or 6.9%, of housing units are currently vacant in Cedar County, Iowa. Broken down, of the 553 vacant residential properties, 17.9% are the market to be sold, while 17.2% are trying to be rented.

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Cedar County have increased by 1.8%. By 2010, there were 5,903 (78.6%) owner-occupied units, while 1,608 (21.4%) units were rented. Cedar County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Iowa, which reportedly saw 27.9% of the housing units occupied by renters.

When compared to other counties across the US, Cedar County has a very low level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 1.4% of properties are owned by minorities in Cedar County; at the same time the US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Iowa 4.7% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black reported being renters the highest percent in Cedar County. 66.7% the Black Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Cedar County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 288 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Iowa

Category: Cedar County, IA

In Cedar County, Iowa, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 288 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 53 4-digit NAICS industries, 28 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 22 industries reported a drop in employment.

The employment services industry has grown the most with 138 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in employment services makes up 28.5% percent of the total employment growth in Cedar County, Iowa between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Employment services (+138)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (+41)
3. Specialized freight trucking (+38)
4. Limitedservice eating places (+30)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (+25)

Given the industries in the area, the grocery stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 147 jobs. The declines in grocery stores make up 26.2% percent of the total job loss in Cedar County, Iowa between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Grocery stores (-147)
2. Automobile dealers (-68)
3. Fullservice restaurants (-65)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (-39)
5. Nonresidential building construction (-37)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).