What Cheer

Population: 634
Median household income: $49,688
Median home value: $47,900

What Cheer, a community in Keokuk County, Iowa, has 634 residents. At $49,688, its median household income sits below Keokuk County's $60,856.

From 2019 to 2023, What Cheer's population declined 16.1% from 756 to 634, while its median home value rose 34.6% from $35,600 to $47,900.

8.1% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Owners occupy 70.9% of the area's occupied homes.

Demographics

ACS 2019–2023

Population: 634
Median age: 36.7 yrs
Median household income: $49,688
Median home value: $47,900
Median gross rent: $816
Housing units: 347
Homeownership rate: 70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.1%
Unemployment rate: 6.3%

Trends

ACS 5-year · 2019–2023

Population

756634

Median household income

$40,769$49,688

Median home value

$35,600$47,900

Median gross rent

$750$816

Year	Population	Median household income	Median home value	Median gross rent
2019	756	$40,769	$35,600	$750
2020	715	$40,313	$34,900	$741
2021	730	$43,553	$42,500	$772
2022	724	$45,500	$43,300	$781
2023	634	$49,688	$47,900	$816

Each year is a US Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimate ending that year.

Age distribution

Under 53.0%

5 to 1724.0%

18 to 2416.7%

25 to 345.0%

35 to 449.0%

45 to 5413.9%

55 to 649.8%

65 to 7412.1%

75 and over6.5%

	Count	Share
Under 5	19	3.0%
5 to 17	152	24.0%
18 to 24	106	16.7%
25 to 34	32	5.0%
35 to 44	57	9.0%
45 to 54	88	13.9%
55 to 64	62	9.8%
65 to 74	77	12.1%
75 and over	41	6.5%

Race & ethnicity

	Count	Share
White (non-Hispanic)	589	92.9%
Black or African American	5	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0	0.0%
Asian	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0	0.0%
Some other race	0	0.0%
Two or more races	17	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	23	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

No high school diploma6.7%

High school graduate52.7%

Some college or associate's32.5%

Bachelor's degree7.8%

Graduate or professional degree0.3%

	Count	Share
No high school diploma	24	6.7%
High school graduate	188	52.7%
Some college or associate's	116	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	28	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1	0.3%

Commute to work

Mean travel time to work: 27 min

Drove alone70.7%

Carpooled25.3%

Public transit0.0%

Walked0.4%

Bicycle0.0%

Worked from home3.6%

Other means0.0%

How workers get to work

	Count	Share
Drove alone	176	70.7%
Carpooled	63	25.3%
Public transit	0	0.0%
Walked	1	0.4%
Bicycle	0	0.0%
Worked from home	9	3.6%
Other means	0	0.0%

Travel time

	Count	Share
Under 15 min	61	25.4%
15 to 29 min	79	32.9%
30 to 44 min	67	27.9%
45 to 59 min	16	6.7%
60+ min	17	7.1%

Households

Average household size: 2.43
Poverty rate: 20.7% (131 of 634)

	Count	Share
Family households	163	62.5%
Nonfamily households	98	37.5%

Housing

Median year structure built: 1938

Occupancy

	Count	Share
Occupied	261	75.2%
Vacant	86	24.8%

Tenure (of occupied units)

	Count	Share
Owner-occupied	185	70.9%
Renter-occupied	76	29.1%

1-unit, detached85.3%

1-unit, attached0.0%

2 to 4 units6.9%

5 to 19 units0.6%

20 or more units0.0%

Mobile home & other7.2%

Units in structure

	Count	Share
1-unit, detached	296	85.3%
1-unit, attached	0	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2	0.6%
20 or more units	0	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25	7.2%

Geography

Place GEOID: 1984900
Type (LSAD): 25
Land area: 1.24 sq mi
Water area: 0.02 sq mi
Center point: 41.4003, -92.3571