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The median home value in Cherokee County, IA is $161,490 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$161,490
Year-over-Year
+2.55%
National Rank
#2446 of 3071
Cherokee County ranks 81st out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -31.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Cherokee County -17.6% below the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $71,269 a year against a typical home value of $161,490 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.3×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 8% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Cherokee County recorded a violent crime rate of 213 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 330 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 5,158 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Cherokee County is $161,490. That's up 2.55% from a year earlier. That is about 31.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Cherokee County the 81st most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $71,269, so a typical home costs about 2.3× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Cherokee County recorded 213 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 5,158 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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