County · Iowa

Cherokee County, Iowa

Cherokee County, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 92 out of 100 (very high), ranking #255 of 3,143 US counties. Within Iowa it ranks #33 of 99 counties. It ranks best on income adjusted for local prices (high), property crime rate (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on hospital quality rating (low), gyms and fitness centers (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

92Very high

Quality-of-life score: #255 of 3,143 counties
Iowa: #33 of 99 in IA
Population: 11,369 (2025)
Land area: 577 mi²
Density: 19.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 19035

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety98#64/3,096
Economy86#438/3,143
Housing91#280/3,140
Health65#1,095/3,144
Healthcare69#970/3,143
Environment76#739/3,108
Education64#1,134/3,144
Infrastructure75#796/3,144
Community90#319/3,144
Leisure & amenities70#951/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cherokee County, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Income adjusted for local prices · high$103,362
97/100Iowa $74,320United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Property crime rate · low179 /100k
96/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Unemployment rate · low2.6%
95/100Iowa 3.5%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Mammography screening · high57.0%
94/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Social associations · high20.7 /10k
94/100Iowa 14.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Violent crime rate · low53 /100k
94/100Iowa 234 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation

Weaknesses

Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Iowa 3.2United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
15/100Iowa 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Distance to an Amtrak station · high105 mi
19/100Iowa 60 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Mental health care shortage · high18.0
20/100Iowa 10.1United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Adult obesity · high41.0%
22/100Iowa 39.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · low26 /100k
23/100Iowa 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.5 /1k (2021) → 5.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+931%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Drought exposureImproving
74% (2021) → 42% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−33 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
25.7% (2015-2019) → 48.4% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Violent crime rateImproving
185 /100k (2020) → 53 /100k (2025)
−72%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.9 /1k (2020) → 10.1 /1k (2025)
+71%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$60,911 (2019) → $103,362 (2024)
+70%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cherokee County, Iowa improved on 8 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 15 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Real income+70%$60,911 → $103,362
Household income+38%$59,901 → $82,715
Violent crime−72%185 /100k → 53 /100k
Property crime−66%532 /100k → 179 /100k
Students / teacher−1.9×14.1× → 12.1×

Declined3

Rent burden+23 points25.7% → 48.4%
Rent / income+6.7 points22.9% → 29.6%
Uninsured+1.5 points5.4% → 6.9%

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Cherokee County, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	5.2 /10k2020	4.4 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	17%
Average commute time	16.6 min2015-2019	16.7 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	55%
Average weekly wage	$8482020	$9882025	+17%	Improved	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Broadband subscriptions	79.5%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	12.2%2019	13.0%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Distance to an airport	82 mi2020	82 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	7.1 /100k2020	8.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+15%	Within the margin of error	15%
Effective property tax rate	1.19%2015-2019	0.96%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	80%
Grocery stores	3.4 /10k2020	2.6 /10k2025	−23%	Within the margin of error	16%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	56%
Income adjusted for local prices	$60,9112019	$103,3622024	+70%	Improved	99%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4282015-2019	0.4512020-2024	+0.024	Within the margin of error	19%
Median household income	$59,9012019	$82,7152024	+38%	Improved	94%
New business applications	5.9 /1k2020	10.1 /1k2025	+71%	Improved	78%
Pharmacies	1.7 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+2.5%	Within the margin of error	78%
Poverty rate	10.2%2019	10.4%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Property crime rate	532 /100k2020	179 /100k2025	−66%	Improved	93%
Public libraries	5.3 /10k2019	5.2 /10k2024	−2.5%	Within the margin of error	39%
Rent as share of income	22.9%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Declined	5%
Rent-burdened households	25.7%2015-2019	48.4%2020-2024	+23 points	Declined	1%
Restaurants and bars	12.9 /10k2020	12.3 /10k2025	−4.4%	Within the margin of error	36%
Students per teacher	14.1×2019	12.1×2024	−1.9×	Improved	86%
Suicide rate	21.3 /100k2020	15.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	90%
Traffic deaths	12.3 /100k2015-2019	13.8 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	3.5%2020	2.6%2025	−0.9 points	Little change	12%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.4%2019	6.9%2024	+1.5 points	Declined	6%
Violent crime rate	185 /100k2020	53 /100k2025	−72%	Improved	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Cherokee County, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cherokee County, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Cherokee County, Iowa itself moved −3.3 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,600 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,045 households (±161)

Cherokee County, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k16%799
$25k–50k20%991
$50k–75k17%865

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,045 households (±161)

Cherokee County, Iowa
Iowa share

Own76%3,810
Rent24%1,235

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,888 workers (±228)

Cherokee County, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone78%4,588
Carpool7.8%457
Public transit0.7%†44

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Cherokee County has 340 employer establishments, 293 for every 10,000 residents (1.18× the US rate of 248; 1.13× Iowa's), with 4,505 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,103. The Census Bureau also counts 825 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 340; 825 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 293; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 4,505
Average annual pay: $45,103; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cherokee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	23	19.8	1.28×More than typical	140	$67,943	45
Truck transportation	22	19	3.75×More than typical	58	$48,500	68
Religious organizations	21	18.1	3.27×More than typical	72	$16,139	—
Restaurants and other eating places	19	16.4	0.89×About typical	256	$16,254	—
Construction of buildings	16	13.8	1.83×More than typical	53	$58,736	30
Ambulatory health care services	15	12.9	0.62×Fewer than typical	134	$68,119	35
Building equipment contractors	11	9.5	1.58×More than typical	45	$45,378	3
Limited-service restaurants	11	9.5	1.18×About typical	165	$15,709	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	7.8	1.54×Too few to compare	36	$33,972	24
Banks and credit unions	9	7.8	2.40×Too few to compare	99	$69,677	—
Offices of other health practitioners	9	7.8	1.28×Too few to compare	38	$47,237	13
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	8	6.9	2.79×Too few to compare	26	$42,231	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,589 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $418.1K on contracts performed in Cherokee County, Iowa: $36.78 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $418.1K; +19% vs FY2025
Per resident: $36.78; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$430.8K100%
Forest Service$27.3K6.5%

Top recipients

CHEROKEE CARE, LLC$430.8K100%
RJ THOMAS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.$27.3K6.5%
COMPOSTING SME, LLC-$1,9370.0%
NW IOWA YES CENTER-$38.1K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

522.3KFY2017
439.3KFY2018
531KFY2019
474.4KFY2020
908.3KFY2021
645.1KFY2022
725.5KFY2023
505.7K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$430.8K100%
Steel product manufacturing from purchased steel · 3312$27.3K6.5%

Largest awards

EXPRESS REPORT: NURSING HOME SERVICES - 1ST QUARTER SPEND$430.8K
CHEROKEE CARE, LLC· Cherokee County, IA· Health & medical· Feb 27, 2026 – Feb 27, 2026· 36C26326K0060
NW IOWA YES TASK ORDER 1 OY 4$95.2K
NW IOWA YES CENTER· Cherokee County, IA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 22, 2022 – Aug 6, 2026· 140A0123F0007
JUVENILE DETENTION SERVICES (NW IOWA YES CENTER) FOR OJS DI$83.3K
NW IOWA YES CENTER· Cherokee County, IA· Facilities & utilities· Jan 29, 2026 – Jan 29, 2026· 140A0126C0002
YES CENTER JUVENILE BED SPACE$62K

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $102.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Cherokee County, Iowa: $9,012 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $102.5M; −11% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,012; US $12,955
Loan face value: $16.9M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 20%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$57M56%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$10.5M10%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$8.9M8.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$5.4M5.3%
20.272 · Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)$4.8M4.7%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$4.8M4.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$4.4M4.3%
10.760 · Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Communities$1.5M1.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$5.4M5.3%
AMES, IA
CITY OF MARCUS$1.5M1.4%
MARCUS, IA
CITY OF CHEROKEE$705.6K0.7%
CHEROKEE, IA
OLD 21 CATTLE CO LLC$213.4K0.2%
SUTHERLAND, IA
AUTUMN PARK OF CHEROKEE A GENERAL PARTNERSHIP$208.5K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$67M65%
Farm Service Agency$19.4M19%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$6M5.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$5.4M5.3%
Department of Transportation
Rural Utilities Service$1.5M

Assistance by fiscal year

85.9MFY2021
103MFY2022
82.1MFY2023
87.8MFY2024
115.4MFY2025
102.5MFY2026

County aggregates

72%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Cherokee County, Iowa compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Cherokee County, Iowa
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$46.16	$1,436
FY2018	$38.94	$1,552
FY2019	$47.28	$1,654
FY2020	$40.73	$1,880
FY2021	$78.75	$1,810
FY2022	$56.16	$1,917
FY2023	$62.60	$2,079
FY2024	$43.89	$2,047
FY2025	$30.88	$2,165
FY2026	$36.78 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$0	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$2.31	$145
FY2021	$18.84	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$399	$5,748
FY2022	$1,888	$5,221
FY2023	$544	$5,364
FY2024	$579	$5,501
FY2025	$1,335	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$34.88	$298
FY2022	$980	$357
FY2023	$51.53	$301
FY2024	$181	$319
FY2025	$973	$360
FY2026	$539

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$40.88	$239
FY2022	$40.08	$185
FY2023	$35.19	$229
FY2024	$32.10	$229
FY2025	$44.13	$249
FY2026	$33.90

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$269	$2,304
FY2022	$278	$2,197
FY2023	$297	$2,274
FY2024	$331	$2,267
FY2025	$310	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
FY2021	$2,384	$1,186
FY2022	$804	$465
FY2023	-$31.73	$76.52
FY2024	$34.56	$120
FY2025	$15.76	$148
FY2026	$65.88

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Cherokee County, Iowa
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Cherokee County, Iowa and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	−6.2%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Contracts and grants · FY2022

$1,888 per resident in FY2022, against an earlier average of $399 (4.7× that).

Compared with 15 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/19035

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cherokee County, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Randy FeenstraR-IA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 1.6%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Cherokee County

Places whose residents live mostly in Cherokee County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/19035

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	−6.2%	−4.2%
2015	−3.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+3.3%
2018	+6.0%	+6.8%
2019	+10.4%	+10.5%
2020	+18.8%	+19.4%
2021	+19.7%	+26.1%
2022	+26.3%	+30.6%
2023	+31.8%	+35.0%
2024	+35.9%	+41.0%
2025	+38.4%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	−2.5%	−5.5%
2015	+2.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.3%	+4.1%
2018	+6.6%	+8.9%
2019	−0.4%	+13.5%
2020	+1.6%	+20.8%
2021	+27.3%	+32.1%
2022	+75.4%	+35.4%
2023	+57.5%	+42.9%
2024	+61.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	0.5/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.8/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.6/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.7/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.8/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.7/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	−1.2%	−6.9%
2015	−1.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.2%	+4.7%
2018	+5.2%	+7.5%
2019	+11.9%	+14.0%
2020	+14.6%	+16.9%
2021	+20.1%	+21.0%
2022	+23.3%	+29.7%
2023	+31.1%	+34.9%
2024	+54.5%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	−14.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.4% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+34.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+44.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+44.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+51.9% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+57.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.1%	6.2%
2015	5.1%	5.3%
2016	3.4%	4.9%
2017	2.4%	4.4%
2018	2.1%	3.9%
2019	2.3%	3.7%
2020	3.5%	8.1%
2021	3.0%	5.4%
2022	2.3%	3.7%
2023	2.4%	3.6%
2024	2.3%	4.0%
2025	2.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	9.6%	15.5%
2015	10.3%	14.7%
2016	10.9%	14.0%
2017	9.6%	13.4%
2018	9.4%	13.1%
2019	10.2%	12.3%
2020	9.0%	11.9%
2021	10.2%	12.8%
2022	10.7%	12.6%
2023	9.9%	12.5%
2024	10.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	7.2%	13.5%
2015	6.0%	10.9%
2016	5.7%	10.0%
2017	6.0%	10.2%
2018	6.0%	10.4%
2019	5.4%	10.8%
2020	5.5%	10.4%
2021	5.9%	10.2%
2022	5.4%	9.5%
2023	6.0%	9.5%
2024	6.9%	9.8%

Calendar years	Cherokee County, Iowa	United States
2014	5.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.0/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.8/1k	10.6/1k
2020	5.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	7.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.7/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.1/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Cherokee County, Iowa	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+3.1 points	+0.9 points	+0.4 points to +1.4 points
Year −2	+2.1 points	−4.1 points	−6.5 points to −2.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.7 points	−1.7 points	−6.7 points to +1.7 points
Year +1	+1.6 points	+1.5 points	+1.1 points to +2.3 points
Year +2	+1.2 points	+1.8 points	+0.2 points to +3.6 points

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