Cedar Falls is a medium-sized city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 40,737 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Cedar Falls is the 14th largest community in Iowa.

Also of interest is that Cedar Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.01% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Cedar Falls is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Cedar Falls enrolled in college, Cedar Falls has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Cedar Falls, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

One of the benefits of Cedar Falls is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.29 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 Falls are among the most well-educated in the nation: 49.18% of adults in Cedar Falls have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cedar Falls in 2022 was $41,639, which is wealthy relative to Iowa, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,556 for a family of four. However, Cedar Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cedar Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cedar Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Falls include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Cedar Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.