Cherokee vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of Cherokee and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherokee and Sheffield are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sheffield has the higher population (9,334 vs 1,059 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($54,107 vs $42,097 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $107,200 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Sheffield
Population	1,059	9,334
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,107	$42,097
Median home value	$107,200	$127,100
Median gross rent	$914	$850
Housing units	454	5,088
Homeownership rate	73.8%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Sheffield
Population	863 → 1,059 (+22.7%)	8,986 → 9,334 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$29,674 → $54,107 (+82.3%)	$34,194 → $42,097 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $107,200 (+54.5%)	$90,000 → $127,100 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $914 (+35.4%)	$645 → $850 (+31.8%)

Cherokee

Population

8631,059

Median household income

$29,674$54,107

Median home value

$69,400$107,200

Median gross rent

$675$914

Sheffield

Population

8,9869,334

Median household income

$34,194$42,097

Median home value

$90,000$127,100

Median gross rent

$645$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Sheffield
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.6%
75 and over	6.5%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	67.7%
Black or African American	16.8%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Sheffield
No high school diploma	8.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	46.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Sheffield
Drove alone	88.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	91.2%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Sheffield
Poverty rate	20.7%	25.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1966	1964