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Cherokee, KS

679 Population
0.7 square miles 948.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 33.6 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,089 ±$6,931 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $23,936 ±$1,006
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$40,714 ±$11,178 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $42,615 ±$1,948
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

15.2% ±9.6% (103  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 20.1% 7,411 (±1.8% / ±665)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

22.2 minutes ±1.8 (6,290  ±1,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 16.3 296,690 (±1.2 / ±23,479)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

270 ±60 Number of households
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 15,603 ±324
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.5 ±0.2 (679  ±157) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 2.4 36,881 (±0.1 / ±287)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

9.8% ±16.4% (14  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 8.3% † 765 (±1.9% / ±172)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

337 ±66 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 18,182 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$47,000 ±$18,375 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: $96,900 ±$8,118
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

3.4% ±3.1% (23  ±21.1) Moved since previous year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 23% † 8,812 (±2.5% / ±941.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

97% ±26.9% (454  ±84.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 93.1% 21,924 (±3.5% / ±843.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
23.5% ±7.9% (110  ±43.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 29.5% 6,942 (±2% / ±470.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

7.4% ±3.3% (39  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pittsburg, KS Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,769 (±0.7% / ±205)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
39 Total veterans ±19 39 Male ±19 N/A Female ±11

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