Hardwood Floor Refinishing in Robins, Iowa
Robins is a small Linn County city, spelled with one b. The City of Robins describes the town as located four miles north of Cedar Rapids (City of Robins, as of 2026). The Census Bureau counts 3,365 people in its April 2020 estimates base and 3,362 in its 2024 estimate, essentially unchanged.
Housing at a glance
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Population, April 2020 estimates base | 3,365 |
| Population, 2024 estimate | 3,362 |
| Housing units (give or take) | 1,178 (give or take 115) |
| Median year built (give or take) | 2003 (give or take 3 years) |
| Built in 1939 or earlier | 1.7% |
| Built in 2000 or later | 61.0% |
| Single-family homes standing alone | 89.6% |
| In buildings of five or more units | 0.7% |
| Mobile homes | 0.0% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 92.5% |
| Renter-occupied homes | 7.5% |
| Householders who moved in during 2020 or later | 9.0% |
| Median gross rent | $956 a month |
| Median value of owner-occupied homes | $413,400 |
| Residents 3 and over enrolled in college or graduate school | 3.3% |
| 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 | 17 | 1.4% |
| 2010 to 2019 | 266 | 22.6% |
| 2000 to 2009 | 436 | 37.0% |
| 1990 to 1999 | 199 | 16.9% |
| 1980 to 1989 | 99 | 8.4% |
| 1970 to 1979 | 73 | 6.2% |
| 1960 to 1969 | 20 | 1.7% |
| 1950 to 1959 | 48 | 4.1% |
| 1940 to 1949 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1939 or earlier | 20 | 1.7% |
What stands out
Robins is almost entirely houses: about 90 percent of its units are single-family homes standing alone, the highest share of the eleven towns, and there are no mobile homes in the estimate. About 61 percent of homes were built in 2000 or later. The median value of owner-occupied homes, $413,400, is the highest of the eleven. The median gross rent, $956 a month, carries a wide margin of error (±$810), so it is not compared with the other towns' figures here. Only about 9 percent of householders moved in during 2020 or later, the lowest turnover of the eleven. In a town this small the survey sample is small, and several figures carry wide margins.