ZIP 50268 · What Cheer
Who lives in ZIP code 50268 (What Cheer, IA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
What Cheer, IA · Keokuk County
uszips 2026
People908
Median age43.0
Household income$59,118
Home value$77,624
Median rent$740/mo
Poverty16.3%
College degree+14.8%
Commute29 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 8 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 390
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.4% are 65 or older; 78.9% are adults.
Household income
20.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $35,461.
Education (adults 25+)
25.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 47.3%
- Never married
- 30.2%
- Divorced
- 14.9%
- Widowed
- 7.6%
- Family size
- 2.91
- Dual-income families
- 50.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 76.2%
- Rent burden
- 18.4%
- Men / women
- 52% / 48%
Work
- In labor force
- 63.2%
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
- Self-employed
- 13.2%
- Farmers
- 10.5%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 5.3%
- Veterans
- 3.8%
- With a disability
- 21.0%
- No health insurance
- 6.5%
- Limited English
- 3.8%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.