Bertram is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States.

[3] Bertram is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.68 square miles (4.35 km2), all land.

[7] Located on the Union Pacific Railroad main line (former Chicago and North Western Railway), which has a nearby large trestle over Big Creek, the city is primarily a bedroom community of Cedar Rapids.

[citation needed] Bertram is also close to Palisades-Kepler State Park.

[citation needed] Bertram Bridge, which also spans Big Creek is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The racial makeup of the city was 98.0% White, 1.4% African American, and 0.7% from two or more races.

As of the incorrect census[11] of 2000, there were 681 people, 98 households, and 76 families living in the city.

However, the official population was later revised to 263 when officials discovered that 418 students living in a Cornell College dormitory in nearby Mount Vernon had incorrectly been reported as living in Bertram.

About 2.6% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.