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Tahlequah CCD, Cherokee County, OK

24,271 Population
85 square miles 285.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 37.3 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,530 ±$2,076 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Cherokee County: $29,253 ±$1,359
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,111 ±$3,520 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cherokee County: $53,218 ±$2,412
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.7% ±2.4% (4,035  ±562) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 18.2% 8,442 (±1.4% / ±650)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19 minutes ±2.1 (196,060  ±24,217) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 23.8 450,135 (±1.3 / ±28,997)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,447 ±319 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 18,698 ±271
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (22,775  ±582) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 46,092 (±0 / ±42)
  • a little less than the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±1.9% (416  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.5% † 875 (±1.5% / ±178)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,653 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 22,363 ±125
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$177,100 ±$10,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $168,500 ±$6,311
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.5% ±2.9% (4,932  ±715.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 15% † 7,113 (±1.6% / ±751.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±3.8% (13,001  ±690.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cherokee County: 89.2% 27,572 (±2.8% / ±883)
  • about the same as the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.1% ±2.6% (4,826  ±410.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 29.2% 9,018 (±1.7% / ±511.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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

4.5% ±0.9% (1,095  ±229) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 3.5% 1,681
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±0.9% (878  ±172) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.5% † 2,442 (±0.7% / ±248)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
878 Total veterans ±172 761 Male ±150 117 Female ±63

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