What Cheer, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for What Cheer, IA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 993. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet WHAT-CHEER-IA · What Cheer, IA 1 ZIPs · 993 pop · #18274/25278 · Keokuk County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $59,118
  • RANK-LOWER #18274/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Delta
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 993
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $77,100

Nearest income peer: Delta, IA ( $1,373 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around What Cheer

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest What Cheer on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, What Cheer, IA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

28th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
993
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,118
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $59,118 and poverty 16.3% concentrate in 50268.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating What Cheer as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Essex is the closest lower-income city and Lorimor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for What Cheer.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 50268, is all of What Cheer

There is no split to weigh here: 50268 holds every one of What Cheer's 993 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP What Cheer

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 24 employees , annual payroll $664k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 50268 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in What Cheer, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Keokuk County, which covers 12 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in What Cheer. See the Keokuk County roll-up →

What Cheer sits in the lower half of Keokuk County on income: Sigourney, Keota and Hedrick report more, South English, Gibson and Thornburg report less. Hedrick marks the far end of that range at $98,438, 67% above What Cheer.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
50268 993 $59,118 6 8

What Cheer roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving What Cheer, .