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Cherokee township, Sharp County, AR

4,293 Population
14.3 square miles 300.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.4 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sharp County: 47.1 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Arkansas: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,163 ±$3,009 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sharp County: $27,969 † ±$4,967
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $34,225 ±$328
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$39,833 ±$7,065 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sharp County: $44,637 † ±$5,213
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Arkansas: $60,773 ±$467
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.8% ±6.3% (763  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sharp County: 16.5% † 2,886 (±2.2% / ±391)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 16% 473,903 (±0.3% / ±7,279)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±6.1 (25,185  ±8,165) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Sharp County: 27.5 151,310 (±2 / ±15,717)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas: 22.5 27,222,660 (±0.2 / ±267,159)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,854 ±178 Number of households
  • Sharp County: 6,856 ±260
  • Arkansas: 1,205,987 ±4,874
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,293  ±128) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sharp County: 2.6 17,571 (±0.1 / ±35)
  • a little less than the figure in Arkansas: 2.5 2,966,574
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±5.5% (39  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sharp County: 7.4% † 243 (±2.8% / ±91)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas: 5.6% 39,177 (±0.2% / ±1,481)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,763 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Sharp County: 9,525 ±29
  • Arkansas: 1,394,673 ±514
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,500 ±$5,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sharp County: $105,100 ±$9,782
  • about half the amount in Arkansas: $188,000 ±$1,754
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±4.4% (429  ±190.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sharp County: 8.2% † 1,450 (±1.7% / ±304)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas: 12.6% 380,835 (±0.3% / ±8,207.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±10.1% (3,056  ±388.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sharp County: 86.2% 11,117 (±4.8% / ±618.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas: 88.7% 1,827,162 (±0.5% / ±10,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±5.9% (594  ±201.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sharp County: 13.9% † 1,793 (±2.3% / ±300.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas: 25.7% 529,858 (±0.3% / ±5,926.8)
  • 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

1.4% ±1.4% (61  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sharp County: 1.3% 225
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Arkansas: 5.4% 165,740
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12% ±3.5% (437  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sharp County: 9.2% † 1,301 (±1.2% / ±166)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Arkansas: 7.4% 173,377 (±0.1% / ±2,373)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
437 Total veterans ±127 395 Male ±118 42 Female ±62

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