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Cherokee, KS

699 Population
0.7 square miles 976.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 33.6 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,425 ±$4,595 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $30,263 ±$1,319
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,154 ±$11,028 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $52,844 ±$2,608
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±4% (56  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.6% † 7,695 (±2.1% / ±768)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±8.1 (5,410  ±1,652) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 17.8 319,965 (±0.8 / ±17,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

272 ±63 Number of households
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 15,838 ±311
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.4 (699  ±195) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 2.4 37,366 (±0.1 / ±46)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±10.6% (13  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 7% † 656 (±1.9% / ±180)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

337 ±71 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 18,126 ±45
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,300 ±$21,178 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $132,600 ±$12,050
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.9% ±11.4% (103  ±83.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.9% † 8,095 (±2.2% / ±856.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±27.7% (413  ±79.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 92.3% 21,577 (±3.6% / ±859.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.3% ±7.9% (81  ±39.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 32.2% 7,519 (±2.2% / ±508.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1% ±1.7% (7  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 3.8% 1,468
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±3.1% (28  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,487 (±0.7% / ±224)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±17 28 Male ±17 N/A Female ±11

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