Delta vs What Cheer

A side-by-side comparison of Delta and What Cheer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

What Cheer has the higher population (634 vs 332 in Delta). Delta has the higher median household income ($54,750 vs $49,688 in What Cheer). What Cheer has the higher median home value ($47,900 vs $39,400 in Delta).

Population, income & housing

	Delta	What Cheer
Population	332	634
Median age	31.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,750	$49,688
Median home value	$39,400	$47,900
Median gross rent	$928	$816
Housing units	154	347
Homeownership rate	82.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delta	What Cheer
Population	350 → 332 (-5.1%)	756 → 634 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$36,445 → $54,750 (+50.2%)	$40,769 → $49,688 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$50,800 → $39,400 (-22.4%)	$35,600 → $47,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$275 → $928 (+237.5%)	$750 → $816 (+8.8%)

Delta

Population

350332

Median household income

$36,445$54,750

Median home value

$50,800$39,400

Median gross rent

$275$928

What Cheer

Population

756634

Median household income

$40,769$49,688

Median home value

$35,600$47,900

Median gross rent

$750$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delta	What Cheer
Under 5	6.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	27.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	16.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.1%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delta	What Cheer
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delta	What Cheer
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	54.0%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delta	What Cheer
Drove alone	75.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	13.7%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	3.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delta	What Cheer
1-unit, detached	85.7%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Delta	What Cheer
Poverty rate	11.7%	20.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938