Iowa · Census place 84900
What Cheer city, IA
Quick answer
What Cheer city has 634 residents, ranking #417 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $49,688, the median home is worth $47,900 and median gross rent runs $816 a month.
- Population
- 634What Cheer city residents
- Median household income
- $49,688Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $47,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $816Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in What Cheer city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the What Cheer city median would spend about 19.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.7% of residents and 70.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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