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What Cheer, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
What Cheer is a Census city of 580 people across 1.24 square miles of land, in Keokuk County. Median household income is $48,182, 72.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
What Cheer
What What Cheer is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.24 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land469
- County holding the largest share of its areaKeokuk County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in What Cheer
- Population580
- Median age44.0 plus or minus 12.1
- Population under 18123 plus or minus 51
- Share under 1821.2 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Population 65 and over115 plus or minus 28
- Share 65 and over19.8 percent
- Households262
- Family households169 plus or minus 40
- Share of households that are families64.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in What Cheer
- Median household income$48,182 plus or minus $16,661
- Per capita income$25,993
- Civilian labor force281 plus or minus 58
- Employed258 plus or minus 58
- Unemployed23 plus or minus 20
- Unemployment rate8.2 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Adults 25 and over366
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.5 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in What Cheer
- Housing units346
- Occupied units262
- Vacant units84 plus or minus 31
- Vacancy rate24.3 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Owner occupied190 plus or minus 40
- Renter occupied72 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate72.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$49,200 plus or minus $14,625
- Median gross rent, monthly$744
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.5 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Single family units286
- Share single family82.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more27 plus or minus 21
- Share in buildings of two or more7.8 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How What Cheer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute246 plus or minus 55
- Commuting under 15 minutes55 plus or minus 27
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.4 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more122 plus or minus 36
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.6 percent
- Drove alone81.9 percent
- Carpooled14.6 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Flood risk in What Cheer
- NFIP communityCity of What Cheer
- NFIP community number190179
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/16/11(M)
The City of What Cheer participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 190179 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Keokuk County, not What Cheer
Keokuk County context, not What Cheer figures
- Establishments in Keokuk County236
- Covered employment, Keokuk County2,292
- Average annual pay, Keokuk County$47,453
- Housing units permitted, Keokuk County1
Every figure in this section is published for Keokuk County as a whole and is not a measurement of What Cheer.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
What Cheer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in What Cheer, Iowa?
580, in 262 households. What Cheer city covers 1.24 square miles of land, which is 469 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is What Cheer in?
Keokuk County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in What Cheer?
$48,182. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $49,200. Median gross rent is $744 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is What Cheer in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. What Cheer appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as What Cheer, city of, community 190179, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page What Cheer figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Keokuk County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of What Cheer.
Is zoning published for What Cheer?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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