Keota vs What Cheer

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

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

Keota has the higher population (819 vs 634 in What Cheer). Keota has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $49,688 in What Cheer). Keota has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $47,900 in What Cheer).

Population, income & housing

	Keota	What Cheer
Population	819	634
Median age	43.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,500	$49,688
Median home value	$100,300	$47,900
Median gross rent	$757	$816
Housing units	428	347
Homeownership rate	84.7%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keota	What Cheer
Population	958 → 819 (-14.5%)	756 → 634 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$51,625 → $64,500 (+24.9%)	$40,769 → $49,688 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $100,300 (+13.6%)	$35,600 → $47,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $757 (+8.1%)	$750 → $816 (+8.8%)

Keota

Population

958819

Median household income

$51,625$64,500

Median home value

$88,300$100,300

Median gross rent

$700$757

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)

	Keota	What Cheer
Under 5	8.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	16.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	5.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.1%
75 and over	8.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keota	What Cheer
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	3.8%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keota	What Cheer
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keota	What Cheer
Drove alone	78.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	13.4%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keota	What Cheer
1-unit, detached	82.0%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Keota	What Cheer
Poverty rate	5.7%	20.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1964	1938