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Cherokee township, Cherokee County, IA

5,815 Population
35.9 square miles 161.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 44.5 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$32,197 ±$3,714 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $37,174 ±$2,205
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$53,449 ±$7,874 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $64,478 ±$6,090
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

23.8% ±8.5% (1,329  ±478) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 15.2% † 1,717 (±4.3% / ±485)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

15.7 minutes ±4.1 (41,220  ±11,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 18.3 † 99,070 (±2.1 / ±12,489)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,485 ±164 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 5,082 ±130
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.2 (5,470  ±266) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 11,178 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

13.4% ±5.2% (170  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 11.5% † 253 (±3.2% / ±72)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,606 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 5,555 ±29
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$121,300 ±$20,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $145,100 † ±$14,585
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

16.2% ±7% (921  ±401.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 11.9% † 1,360 (±3.6% / ±406.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

92.9% ±7.2% (3,743  ±357.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 93.1% 7,749 (±4.9% / ±418.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
19.4% ±4.1% (783  ±169.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 21.6% † 1,801 (±2.3% / ±195.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.2% ±2.4% (302  ±142) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 3.6% 414
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

9.4% ±2.6% (411  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 9.1% † 822 (±1.8% / ±159)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
411 Total veterans ±115 411 Male ±115 N/A Female ±15

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