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Cherokee, KS

692 Population
0.7 square miles 966.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 33.8 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$21,852 ±$3,562 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $29,188 ±$1,342
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$47,778 ±$13,425 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $50,311 ±$2,799
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

12% ±7.1% (83  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.8% † 7,727 (±2.2% / ±813)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.6 minutes ±7.3 (5,720  ±1,405) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 16.5 300,930 (±1 / ±20,282)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

276 ±56 Number of households
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 15,897 ±296
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.5 ±0.3 (692  ±164) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 2.3 37,208 (±0 / ±47)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

7.3% ±7.6% (11  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 6.4% † 595 (±1.6% / ±153)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

328 ±60 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 18,088 ±42
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$81,800 ±$41,627 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $122,400 ±$8,796
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

13.6% ±11.1% (93  ±79.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.1% † 7,760 (±2.3% / ±879.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.2% ±26.8% (421  ±79.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 94.2% 22,069 (±3.8% / ±910)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
23.3% ±7.7% (104  ±41) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 32% 7,489 (±2.1% / ±502.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.3% ±3.9% (37  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 5% † 1,510 (±0.8% / ±233)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
37 Total veterans ±21 37 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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