Hedrick vs What Cheer

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

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

Hedrick has the higher population (826 vs 634 in What Cheer). Hedrick has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $49,688 in What Cheer). Hedrick has the higher median home value ($75,900 vs $47,900 in What Cheer).

Population, income & housing

	Hedrick	What Cheer
Population	826	634
Median age	39.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$49,688
Median home value	$75,900	$47,900
Median gross rent	$581	$816
Housing units	302	347
Homeownership rate	72.8%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hedrick	What Cheer
Population	531 → 826 (+55.6%)	756 → 634 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $63,750 (+45.7%)	$40,769 → $49,688 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $75,900 (-1.4%)	$35,600 → $47,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $581 (+9.6%)	$750 → $816 (+8.8%)

Hedrick

Population

531826

Median household income

$43,750$63,750

Median home value

$77,000$75,900

Median gross rent

$530$581

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)

	Hedrick	What Cheer
Under 5	2.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	15.4%	16.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.1%
75 and over	5.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hedrick	What Cheer
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hedrick	What Cheer
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hedrick	What Cheer
Drove alone	78.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	3.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hedrick	What Cheer
1-unit, detached	76.2%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Hedrick	What Cheer
Poverty rate	21.3%	20.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1942	1938