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Cherokee, IA

5,154 Population
6.8 square miles 754.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 44 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,225 ±$4,692 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $41,258 ±$3,019
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,750 ±$10,015 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $71,269 ±$4,228
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.5% ±7.3% (911  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 12.1% † 1,368 (±3.5% / ±398)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.4 minutes ±1.5 (29,000  ±4,661) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cherokee County: 16.7 90,065 (±1.2 / ±7,979)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,289 ±171 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 5,045 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,823  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 11,206 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.6% ±4.7% (72  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 177 (±2.9% / ±64)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,379 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 5,557 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,700 ±$43,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $158,700 ±$15,220
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.6% ±8.5% (1,001  ±432) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 12.7% † 1,462 (±3.8% / ±434.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±9.1% (3,420  ±384.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 93.2% 7,753 (±5.3% / ±446.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±5.1% (911  ±196) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 23.4% † 1,949 (±2.7% / ±221.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.9% ±2.6% (302  ±135) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 3.6% 413
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2.6% (267  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 728 (±1.8% / ±159)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
267 Total veterans ±104 267 Male ±104 N/A Female ±15

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