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Census Tract 9779.02, Cherokee, OK

3,537 Population
4.5 square miles 778.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tahlequah: 29.3 ±2.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Cherokee County: 37.3 ±0.5
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$19,237 ±$2,389 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Tahlequah: $28,232 ±$2,599
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $29,253 ±$1,359
  • about half the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
$37,917 ±$12,487 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Tahlequah: $49,581 † ±$5,045
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cherokee County: $53,218 ±$2,412
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439

26.7% ±7.4% (809  ±245) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tahlequah: 18.4% † 2,848 (±2.9% / ±453)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 18.2% 8,442 (±1.4% / ±650)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)

15 minutes ±1.2 (21,735  ±3,956) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tahlequah: 17.4 † 133,935 (±2 / ±17,538)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Cherokee County: 23.8 450,135 (±1.3 / ±28,997)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)

Families

1,303 ±164 Number of households
  • Tahlequah: 6,795 ±259
  • Cherokee County: 18,698 ±271
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
2.3 ±0 (2,988  ±378) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tahlequah: 2.3 15,445 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 46,092 (±0 / ±42)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308

5.2% ±4.9% (44  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tahlequah: 6.2% † 295 (±2.2% / ±108)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cherokee County: 7.5% † 875 (±1.5% / ±178)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)

Housing

1,504 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Tahlequah: 7,600 ±247
  • Cherokee County: 22,363 ±125
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745

$177,700 ±$28,526 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Tahlequah: $185,400 ±$10,419
  • 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

22.7% ±6.3% (795  ±234.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Tahlequah: 23.4% † 3,930 (±3.8% / ±632.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 15% † 7,113 (±1.6% / ±751.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)

Social

91.8% ±7.8% (1,679  ±259.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tahlequah: 89.1% 8,558 (±5.2% / ±565)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 89.2% 27,572 (±2.8% / ±883)
  • a little higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 89.4% 2,386,427 (±0.4% / ±9,481.8)
30.5% ±6.5% (558  ±139.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tahlequah: 34.4% 3,310 (±3.4% / ±338.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 29.2% 9,018 (±1.7% / ±511.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oklahoma: 28.4% 756,531 (±0.2% / ±5,441.1)

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

4.1% ±3.3% (145  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Tahlequah: 4% † 674 (±1.2% / ±201)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 3.5% 1,681
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 6.4% 256,215

3.3% ±1.7% (93  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Tahlequah: 4.3% † 579 (±1.2% / ±159)
  • about half the rate in Cherokee County: 6.5% † 2,442 (±0.7% / ±248)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
93 Total veterans ±49 81 Male ±42 12 Female ±18

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