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Cherokee, IA Urban Area

4,775 Population
3.1 square miles 1,524.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,654 ±$3,971 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,500 ±$10,184 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.1% ±7.5% (822  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.6 minutes ±1.5 (27,515  ±4,831) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,130 ±173 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (4,449  ±225) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.2% ±5.1% (72  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,220 ±140 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$124,500 ±$38,543 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.1% ±9.1% (998  ±431.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±9.1% (3,157  ±374.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.6% ±5.1% (743  ±181.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths 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

4.3% ±2.3% (207  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2.8% (267  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 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 ±10

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