Richland vs What Cheer

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

Richland 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 566 in Richland). Richland has the higher median household income ($57,308 vs $49,688 in What Cheer). Richland has the higher median home value ($118,100 vs $47,900 in What Cheer).

Population, income & housing

	Richland	What Cheer
Population	566	634
Median age	29.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,308	$49,688
Median home value	$118,100	$47,900
Median gross rent	—	$816
Housing units	243	347
Homeownership rate	83.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richland	What Cheer
Population	595 → 566 (-4.9%)	756 → 634 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$50,833 → $57,308 (+12.7%)	$40,769 → $49,688 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$86,400 → $118,100 (+36.7%)	$35,600 → $47,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $779 (+16.1%)	$750 → $816 (+8.8%)

Richland

Population

595566

Median household income

$50,833$57,308

Median home value

$86,400$118,100

Median gross rent

$671$779

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)

	Richland	What Cheer
Under 5	7.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	24.2%	24.0%
18 to 24	11.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	16.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	5.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.1%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richland	What Cheer
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richland	What Cheer
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richland	What Cheer
Drove alone	82.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richland	What Cheer
1-unit, detached	83.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Richland	What Cheer
Poverty rate	11.2%	20.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1963	1938