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Cherokee Community School District, IA

6,344 Population
117 square miles 54.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than 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

$39,004 ±$4,188 Per capita income
  • a little less than 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
$66,125 ±$11,303 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $71,269 ±$4,228
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.1% ±5.8% (985  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 12.1% † 1,368 (±3.5% / ±398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.1 minutes ±1.2 (36,980  ±5,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 16.7 90,065 (±1.2 / ±7,979)
  • about two-thirds 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

2,770 ±188 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 5,045 ±161
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (6,013  ±258) Persons per household
  • about the same as 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 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±4.5% (99  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 177 (±2.9% / ±64)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,963 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 5,557 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,500 ±$46,995 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

17% ±6.9% (1,068  ±432.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 12.7% † 1,462 (±3.8% / ±434.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±7.4% (4,187  ±399.3) 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)
24.8% ±4.5% (1,116  ±208.8) 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

5.1% ±1.9% (326  ±124) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 3.6% 413
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.3% (320  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 8.1% † 728 (±1.8% / ±159)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
320 Total veterans ±113 320 Male ±113 N/A Female ±15

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