What is the population of Cherokee CDP?

Cherokee CDP has 1,631 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #366 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Cherokee CDP?

Median household income in Cherokee CDP is $48,173 a year, 38.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cherokee CDP?

Median gross rent is $799 a month and the median home value is $192,700, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.

Is Cherokee CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cherokee CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cherokee, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cherokee, North Carolina (Cherokee, NC — Census place “Cherokee CDP”) is 1,631 residents, ranking #366 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $48,173, the median home is worth $192,700 and median gross rent runs $799 a month. Looking for the Cherokee North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cherokee, NC: 28719.

Population: 1,631Cherokee CDP residents
Median household income: $48,173Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $192,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $799Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.1%Owner-occupied households

Cherokee ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cherokee.

The Cherokee NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28719

What the numbers mean in Cherokee CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cherokee CDP median would spend about 19.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 25% of residents and 63.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cherokee CDP, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cherokee CDP is a small town in North Carolina, with 1,631 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #366 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 52% of them. The median age here is 40.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cherokee CDP earn a median of $48,173 a year, 38.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 25% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cherokee CDP is valued at $192,700, 36.5% below the national figure and 12% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $799 a month, 43.2% below the national figure, or roughly $9,588 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 63.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cherokee CDP?: Cherokee CDP has 1,631 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #366 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Cherokee CDP?: Median household income in Cherokee CDP is $48,173 a year, 38.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cherokee CDP?: Median gross rent is $799 a month and the median home value is $192,700, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.
Is Cherokee CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cherokee CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cherokee CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.