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Cherokee, KS

849 Population
0.7 square miles 1,185.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 32.5 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$21,056 ±$5,506 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $23,091 ±$758
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$41,500 ±$8,884 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $41,004 ±$2,260
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

17% ±10.1% (144  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.3% 7,513 (±1.7% / ±630)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

23.8 minutes ±9.2 (8,145  ±2,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 16.9 302,090 (±0.8 / ±16,813)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

312 ±60 Number of households
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 15,284 ±322
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.7 ±0.4 (849  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 2.4 37,017 (±0.1 / ±243)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

6.6% ±10.5% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 7% † 658 (±1.8% / ±167)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

386 ±65 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 18,141 ±112
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$43,100 ±$12,181 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $93,900 ±$6,294
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

3.8% ±2.6% (32  ±22.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 21.8% 8,380 (±2.1% / ±790.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

96.6% ±25.3% (507  ±84.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 92.1% 21,424 (±3.1% / ±735.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
21.7% ±7.1% (114  ±43.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 29.9% 6,950 (±2% / ±465)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.7% ±2.6% (41  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 1,990 (±0.7% / ±209)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
41 Total veterans ±18 41 Male ±18 N/A Female ±10

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