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Grand Meadow township, Cherokee County, IA

209 Population
36.4 square miles 5.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±57.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 44 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,302 ±$13,641 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $41,258 ±$3,019
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

50.7% ±26.7% (106  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 12.1% † 1,368 (±3.5% / ±398)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.6 minutes ±21.7 (2,710  ±2,490) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Cherokee County: 16.7 90,065 (±1.2 / ±7,979)
  • nearly double the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

78 ±45 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 5,045 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (209  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.2 11,206 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

78 ±45 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 5,557 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,800 ±$9,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $158,700 ±$15,220
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.8% ±17.6% (58  ±49.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Cherokee County: 12.7% † 1,462 (±3.8% / ±434.6)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±83.2% (149  ±82.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 93.2% 7,753 (±5.3% / ±446.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±14.2% (41  ±34.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent 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 three-quarters 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

4.8% ±7.7% (10  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 3.6% 413
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±1.9% (10  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 728 (±1.8% / ±159)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
10 Total veterans ±7 10 Male ±7 N/A Female ±10

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