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Where to eat in Iowa
Savor Scout covers 13 Iowa cities, together home to about 1,037,690 people. Pick one and it opens with the location already set.
Eating out in Iowa, by the numbers
Across the 9 counties these cities sit in, the median works out at 20.8 food businesses per 10,000 residents against a national median of 19.4. That puts Iowa close to the national middle.
The densest of them is Davenport at 24.9 per 10,000; the thinnest is Council Bluffs at 17.3.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (2022), counted at county level by NAICS code. Business counts, not a quality ranking.
Iowa cities
- Ames — 20.2 per 10k
- Ankeny — 20.8 per 10k
- Cedar Falls — 20.7 per 10k
- Cedar Rapids — 20 per 10k
- Council Bluffs — 17.3 per 10k
- Davenport — 24.9 per 10k
- Des Moines — 20.8 per 10k
- Dubuque — 19.7 per 10k
- Iowa City — 24.1 per 10k
- Sioux City — 21.1 per 10k
- Urbandale — 20.8 per 10k
- Waterloo — 20.7 per 10k
- West Des Moines — 20.8 per 10k
Guides
- What to eat when… — by situation, not cuisine.
- Food guides — how to find the good version of a dish.
- Eating out with a restriction
- Campuses in Iowa — 3