Cherokee is a somewhat small city located in the state of Iowa. With a population of 5,117 people and two associated neighborhoods, Cherokee is the 90th largest community in Iowa.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.37% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cherokee has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cherokee a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One of the benefits of Cherokee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.19 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The percentage of adults in Cherokee who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.12% of the adults in Cherokee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cherokee in 2022 was $31,292, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $125,168 for a family of four. However, Cherokee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Cherokee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cherokee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cherokee include German, Irish, English, Swedish, and Czech.

The most common language spoken in Cherokee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.