Cherokee vs Quimby

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

Cherokee and Quimby 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 304 in Quimby). Quimby has the higher median household income ($52,083 vs $48,693 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($119,400 vs $48,800 in Quimby).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Quimby
Population	5,157	304
Median age	44.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,693	$52,083
Median home value	$119,400	$48,800
Median gross rent	$707	$643
Housing units	2,368	180
Homeownership rate	63.8%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Quimby
Population	4,920 → 5,157 (+4.8%)	388 → 304 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$46,675 → $48,693 (+4.3%)	$52,813 → $52,083 (-1.4%)
Median home value	$90,400 → $119,400 (+32.1%)	$41,100 → $48,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$551 → $707 (+28.3%)	$475 → $643 (+35.4%)

Cherokee

Population

4,9205,157

Median household income

$46,675$48,693

Median home value

$90,400$119,400

Median gross rent

$551$707

Quimby

Population

388304

Median household income

$52,813$52,083

Median home value

$41,100$48,800

Median gross rent

$475$643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Quimby
Under 5	3.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	7.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	18.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	25.3%
75 and over	11.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Quimby
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
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%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Quimby
No high school diploma	7.2%	11.1%
High school graduate	45.3%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Quimby
Drove alone	82.0%	85.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	12.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Quimby
1-unit, detached	76.1%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.6%
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%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Quimby
Poverty rate	26.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.10	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1961	1938