Healthiest Cities in Iowa.

Cities in Iowa whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

42 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	North Liberty	21,125	30.2%	10.0%	14.5%
2	Ames	67,669	31.1%	11.3%	21.3%
3	Ankeny	72,615	33.9%	10.5%	18.3%
4	Waukee	29,236	32.3%	10.4%	18.4%
5	Coralville	23,234	31.2%	11.2%	18.0%
6	Iowa City	75,752	31.3%	11.9%	20.0%
7	Grimes	16,366	35.4%	11.9%	19.2%
8	West Des Moines	71,083	33.6%	10.5%	19.6%
9	Johnston	24,384	34.0%	10.2%	19.2%
10	Clive	19,012	33.4%	10.2%	19.6%
11	Pella	10,720	35.9%	10.5%	20.1%
12	Norwalk	14,183	38.5%	11.8%	19.4%
13	Marion	41,896	33.8%	12.1%	20.2%
14	Urbandale	46,595	34.6%	11.4%	20.6%
15	Cedar Falls	40,888	37.0%	12.5%	20.1%
16	Bettendorf	39,647	37.7%	11.6%	20.6%
17	Waverly	10,494	37.2%	12.7%	22.8%
18	Indianola	16,044	38.1%	12.5%	22.5%
19	Dubuque	59,174	34.5%	13.9%	23.6%
20	Altoona	21,495	37.3%	14.1%	23.4%
21	Cedar Rapids	137,264	36.3%	14.6%	23.9%
22	Le Mars	10,640	39.6%	14.5%	24.7%
23	Pleasant Hill	11,136	37.9%	14.5%	25.3%
24	Spencer	11,400	35.4%	15.6%	27.5%
25	Davenport	100,913	42.6%	16.2%	26.6%
26	Des Moines	212,421	39.4%	16.4%	28.8%
27	Boone	12,424	43.4%	15.1%	26.4%
28	Carroll	10,208	39.9%	15.1%	27.9%
29	Burlington	23,728	35.5%	16.9%	29.3%
30	Oskaloosa	11,504	38.7%	16.6%	29.6%
31	Mason City	27,050	40.5%	16.4%	28.0%
32	Fort Dodge	24,827	41.7%	16.6%	28.4%
33	Sioux City	86,101	39.7%	17.1%	30.3%
34	Storm Lake	11,428	38.5%	16.2%	33.6%
35	Council Bluffs	62,586	40.0%	18.4%	28.7%
36	Fort Madison	10,133	37.7%	17.4%	28.6%
37	Newton	15,700	38.9%	17.4%	28.2%
38	Muscatine	23,489	42.2%	17.2%	30.4%
39	Marshalltown	27,626	44.6%	16.0%	30.8%
40	Clinton	24,322	40.5%	18.7%	29.6%
41	Waterloo	67,008	44.0%	18.9%	27.5%
42	Ottumwa	25,430	41.9%	18.7%	31.8%