Cherokee vs Marcus

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

Cherokee and Marcus 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 1,236 in Marcus). Marcus has the higher median household income ($75,288 vs $48,693 in Cherokee). Marcus has the higher median home value ($174,100 vs $119,400 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Marcus
Population	5,157	1,236
Median age	44.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,693	$75,288
Median home value	$119,400	$174,100
Median gross rent	$707	$637
Housing units	2,368	626
Homeownership rate	63.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Marcus
Population	4,920 → 5,157 (+4.8%)	1,233 → 1,236 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$46,675 → $48,693 (+4.3%)	$55,833 → $75,288 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $119,400 (+32.1%)	$101,500 → $174,100 (+71.5%)
Median gross rent	$551 → $707 (+28.3%)	$673 → $637 (-5.3%)

Cherokee

Population

4,9205,157

Median household income

$46,675$48,693

Median home value

$90,400$119,400

Median gross rent

$551$707

Marcus

Population

1,2331,236

Median household income

$55,833$75,288

Median home value

$101,500$174,100

Median gross rent

$673$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Marcus
Under 5	3.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.2%
75 and over	11.7%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Marcus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.9%
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%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Marcus
No high school diploma	7.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	45.3%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Marcus
Drove alone	82.0%	86.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	6.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Marcus
1-unit, detached	76.1%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Marcus
Poverty rate	26.7%	5.3%
Average household size	2.10	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1961	1953