Aurelia vs Cherokee

A side-by-side comparison of Aurelia and Cherokee: population, income, housing, and more.

Aurelia and Cherokee are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherokee has the higher population (5,157 vs 905 in Aurelia). Aurelia has the higher median household income ($68,605 vs $48,693 in Cherokee). Aurelia has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $119,400 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Aurelia	Cherokee
Population	905	5,157
Median age	53.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,605	$48,693
Median home value	$135,900	$119,400
Median gross rent	$645	$707
Housing units	511	2,368
Homeownership rate	87.9%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aurelia	Cherokee
Population	883 → 905 (+2.5%)	4,920 → 5,157 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$67,000 → $68,605 (+2.4%)	$46,675 → $48,693 (+4.3%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $135,900 (+33.9%)	$90,400 → $119,400 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $645 (+23.6%)	$551 → $707 (+28.3%)

Aurelia

Population

883905

Median household income

$67,000$68,605

Median home value

$101,500$135,900

Median gross rent

$522$645

Cherokee

Population

4,9205,157

Median household income

$46,675$48,693

Median home value

$90,400$119,400

Median gross rent

$551$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aurelia	Cherokee
Under 5	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	4.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	19.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	12.5%
75 and over	11.6%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aurelia	Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aurelia	Cherokee
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	39.8%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aurelia	Cherokee
Drove alone	77.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	16.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	5.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aurelia	Cherokee
1-unit, detached	96.1%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Aurelia	Cherokee
Poverty rate	5.0%	26.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1961	1961