Cedar City is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Cedar City enrolled in college, Cedar City has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.91 minutes getting to work every day.
The population of Cedar City is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.02% of adults in Cedar City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Cedar City in 2022 was $25,540, which is low income relative to Utah, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,160 for a family of four. However, Cedar City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Cedar City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cedar City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cedar City residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Cedar City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cedar City include English, European, German, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Cedar City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
