Hardwood Floor Refinishing Quotes for Cedar Rapids Homes
Cedar Rapids is the largest of the eleven towns this site covers, in Linn County, Iowa, with 137,732 people in the Census Bureau's April 2020 estimates base and 137,904 in its 2024 estimate. A quote request needs only the address or town of the floor, so a Cedar Rapids street is enough.
Housing at a glance
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Population, April 2020 estimates base | 137,732 |
| Population, 2024 estimate | 137,904 |
| Housing units (give or take) | 64,423 (give or take 607) |
| Median year built (give or take) | 1974 (give or take 1 year) |
| Built in 1939 or earlier | 14.3% |
| Built in 2000 or later | 22.0% |
| Single-family homes standing alone | 61.9% |
| In buildings of five or more units | 23.7% |
| Mobile homes | 3.3% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 68.5% |
| Renter-occupied homes | 31.5% |
| Householders who moved in during 2020 or later | 28.0% |
| Median gross rent | $967 a month |
| Median value of owner-occupied homes | $187,100 |
| Residents 3 and over enrolled in college or graduate school | 6.6% |
| About these figures | Population is the Census Bureau's April 2020 estimates base and 2024 estimate; the rest are Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. They are sample-based estimates with margins, and they describe housing and households, not floors |
Homes by year built
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 or later | 783 | 1.2% |
| 2010 to 2019 | 5,812 | 9.0% |
| 2000 to 2009 | 7,593 | 11.8% |
| 1990 to 1999 | 6,983 | 10.8% |
| 1980 to 1989 | 5,102 | 7.9% |
| 1970 to 1979 | 9,535 | 14.8% |
| 1960 to 1969 | 9,081 | 14.1% |
| 1950 to 1959 | 7,647 | 11.9% |
| 1940 to 1949 | 2,689 | 4.2% |
| 1939 or earlier | 9,198 | 14.3% |
Historic places the city lists
The City of Cedar Rapids names two local historic districts, the 2nd & 3rd Avenue Historic District and the Redmond Park - Grande Avenue Historic District, and ten local historic landmarks. The landmarks include the Ausadie Building, the Iowa Wind Mill and Pump Company Office and Warehouse, the Cedar Rapids Milk Condensing Company, Grace Episcopal Church, the Perkins House, the Witwer Grocery Company Building, the Central Park Presbyterian Church, the Arthur Elementary Building, the Zastera Pharmacy Building and the Dairy Queen #4 Building (City of Cedar Rapids, Local Historic Districts & Landmarks, as of 2026).
What stands out
Cedar Rapids has the largest stock of any of the eleven towns, an estimated 64,423 housing units, and among them roughly 9,198 were built in 1939 or earlier, more homes of that age than in any other of the eleven towns. As a share, though, that is about 14 percent, well below Mount Vernon's 40 percent. The median year built, 1974, is about two decades earlier than the medians for Marion (1994) and Hiawatha (1992), two other Linn County cities on this site. A citywide median blends the oldest neighborhoods with the newest, and no single number describes one street.