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Census Tract 9781, Cherokee, OK

5,911 Population
5.7 square miles 1,041.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Tahlequah: 29.3 ±2.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cherokee County: 37.3 ±0.5
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oklahoma: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$31,647 ±$6,086 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Tahlequah: $28,232 ±$2,599
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $29,253 ±$1,359
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oklahoma: $35,624 ±$257
$61,204 ±$11,196 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Tahlequah: $49,581 † ±$5,045
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $53,218 ±$2,412
  • a little less than the amount in Oklahoma: $65,039 ±$439

10.6% ±4.1% (543  ±212) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Tahlequah: 18.4% † 2,848 (±2.9% / ±453)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 18.2% 8,442 (±1.4% / ±650)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oklahoma: 15.3% 599,071 (±0.2% / ±8,102)

19.4 minutes ±4.1 (46,120  ±12,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tahlequah: 17.4 † 133,935 (±2 / ±17,538)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 23.8 450,135 (±1.3 / ±28,997)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oklahoma: 22.4 36,845,232 (±0.1 / ±206,151)

Families

2,016 ±193 Number of households
  • Tahlequah: 6,795 ±259
  • Cherokee County: 18,698 ±271
  • Oklahoma: 1,562,389 ±2,824
2.6 ±0.3 (5,161  ±423) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Tahlequah: 2.3 15,445 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 46,092 (±0 / ±42)
  • about the same as the figure in Oklahoma: 2.5 3,911,308

7.7% ±5.5% (107  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tahlequah: 6.2% † 295 (±2.2% / ±108)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 7.5% † 875 (±1.5% / ±178)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oklahoma: 5.7% 53,142 (±0.2% / ±1,551)

Housing

2,212 ±184 Number of housing units
  • Tahlequah: 7,600 ±247
  • Cherokee County: 22,363 ±125
  • Oklahoma: 1,775,127 ±745

$196,200 ±$24,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Tahlequah: $185,400 ±$10,419
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $168,500 ±$6,311
  • about the same as the amount in Oklahoma: $199,800 ±$1,121

18.6% ±6.2% (1,089  ±370.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tahlequah: 23.4% † 3,930 (±3.8% / ±632.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 15% † 7,113 (±1.6% / ±751.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oklahoma: 14.4% 575,473 (±0.2% / ±8,326.1)

Social

88.2% ±7.5% (2,902  ±383.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tahlequah: 89.1% 8,558 (±5.2% / ±565)
  • 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)
36.4% ±5.8% (1,196  ±225.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Tahlequah: 34.4% 3,310 (±3.4% / ±338.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 29.2% 9,018 (±1.7% / ±511.8)
  • about 1.3 times 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% ±2.4% (239  ±145) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as 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

3.6% ±2.1% (171  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Tahlequah: 4.3% † 579 (±1.2% / ±159)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.5% † 2,442 (±0.7% / ±248)
  • about half the rate in Oklahoma: 7.9% 240,929 (±0.1% / ±3,200)
171 Total veterans ±98 123 Male ±89 48 Female ±36

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