Cherokee vs Cleghorn

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

Cherokee and Cleghorn 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 274 in Cleghorn). Cleghorn has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $48,693 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($119,400 vs $84,300 in Cleghorn).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
Population	5,157	274
Median age	44.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,693	$48,750
Median home value	$119,400	$84,300
Median gross rent	$707	$675
Housing units	2,368	135
Homeownership rate	63.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
Population	4,920 → 5,157 (+4.8%)	212 → 274 (+29.2%)
Median household income	$46,675 → $48,693 (+4.3%)	$48,750 → $48,750 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $119,400 (+32.1%)	$71,000 → $84,300 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$551 → $707 (+28.3%)	$663 → $675 (+1.8%)

Cherokee

Population

4,9205,157

Median household income

$46,675$48,693

Median home value

$90,400$119,400

Median gross rent

$551$707

Cleghorn

Population

212274

Median household income

$48,750$48,750

Median home value

$71,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$663$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
Under 5	3.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	8.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.6%
75 and over	11.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.0%
High school graduate	45.3%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
Drove alone	82.0%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
1-unit, detached	76.1%	97.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Cleghorn
Poverty rate	26.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.10	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1961	1938