Sigourney vs What Cheer

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

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

Sigourney has the higher population (1,866 vs 634 in What Cheer). Sigourney has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $49,688 in What Cheer). Sigourney has the higher median home value ($109,500 vs $47,900 in What Cheer).

Population, income & housing

	Sigourney	What Cheer
Population	1,866	634
Median age	50.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,528	$49,688
Median home value	$109,500	$47,900
Median gross rent	$903	$816
Housing units	1,013	347
Homeownership rate	63.9%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sigourney	What Cheer
Population	1,867 → 1,866 (-0.1%)	756 → 634 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$45,375 → $51,528 (+13.6%)	$40,769 → $49,688 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$83,700 → $109,500 (+30.8%)	$35,600 → $47,900 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$664 → $903 (+36.0%)	$750 → $816 (+8.8%)

Sigourney

Population

1,8671,866

Median household income

$45,375$51,528

Median home value

$83,700$109,500

Median gross rent

$664$903

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)

	Sigourney	What Cheer
Under 5	2.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	16.7%
25 to 34	12.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.1%
75 and over	20.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sigourney	What Cheer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sigourney	What Cheer
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	39.8%	52.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sigourney	What Cheer
Drove alone	71.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	25.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sigourney	What Cheer
1-unit, detached	72.1%	85.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Sigourney	What Cheer
Poverty rate	14.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.04	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1960	1938