Keswick vs What Cheer

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

Keswick 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 262 in Keswick). Keswick has the higher median household income ($58,571 vs $49,688 in What Cheer). Keswick has the higher median home value ($79,600 vs $47,900 in What Cheer).

Population, income & housing

	Keswick	What Cheer
Population	262	634
Median age	42.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,571	$49,688
Median home value	$79,600	$47,900
Median gross rent	$1,011	$816
Housing units	120	347
Homeownership rate	74.0%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Keswick	What Cheer
Population	241 → 262 (+8.7%)	756 → 634 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $58,571 (+23.3%)	$40,769 → $49,688 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $79,600 (+16.9%)	$35,600 → $47,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $1,011 (+21.2%)	$750 → $816 (+8.8%)

Keswick

Population

241262

Median household income

$47,500$58,571

Median home value

$68,100$79,600

Median gross rent

$834$1,011

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)

	Keswick	What Cheer
Under 5	7.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	6.1%	9.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	12.1%
75 and over	13.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Keswick	What Cheer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	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	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Keswick	What Cheer
No high school diploma	0.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.2%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Keswick	What Cheer
Drove alone	88.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Keswick	What Cheer
1-unit, detached	92.5%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Keswick	What Cheer
Poverty rate	7.3%	20.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938