The median home value in Cherokee, IA is $153,343 as of 2026-06-30, up 4.72% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$153,343
Year-over-Year
+4.72%
Population
5,158
Cherokee ranks #59 of 72 Iowa cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.4% below the state's city median of $217,178. It sits in Cherokee County, where the county-wide median is $164,509.
Cherokee police recorded a violent crime rate of 213 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 330 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Cherokee is $153,343. That's up 4.72% from a year earlier. That is about 29.4% below the typical county in Iowa.
Homes in Cherokee are cheaper than Cherokee County as a whole, where the median is $164,509 — a difference of about 6.8%.
Cherokee police reported 213 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,158. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.