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.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
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.
- Thornburg · lowest
Thornburg · lowest
$39,722 median HH income
- Gibson · near
Gibson · near
$55,625 median HH income
- Delta · near
Delta · near
$57,745 median HH income
- What Cheer · this city
What Cheer · this city
$59,118 median HH income
- Sigourney · near
Sigourney · near
$62,404 median HH income
- Ollie · near
Ollie · near
$63,750 median HH income
- Hedrick · highest
Hedrick · highest
$98,438 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
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) .
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, .