Cherokee vs Tuscumbia

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

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

Tuscumbia has the higher population (9,084 vs 1,059 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($54,107 vs $47,342 in Tuscumbia). Tuscumbia has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $107,200 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
Population	1,059	9,084
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,107	$47,342
Median home value	$107,200	$166,400
Median gross rent	$914	$760
Housing units	454	4,305
Homeownership rate	73.8%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
Population	863 → 1,059 (+22.7%)	8,444 → 9,084 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$29,674 → $54,107 (+82.3%)	$44,088 → $47,342 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$69,400 → $107,200 (+54.5%)	$110,100 → $166,400 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $914 (+35.4%)	$694 → $760 (+9.5%)

Cherokee

Population

8631,059

Median household income

$29,674$54,107

Median home value

$69,400$107,200

Median gross rent

$675$914

Tuscumbia

Population

8,4449,084

Median household income

$44,088$47,342

Median home value

$110,100$166,400

Median gross rent

$694$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	8.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.8%
75 and over	6.5%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	70.5%
Black or African American	16.8%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
No high school diploma	8.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	46.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
Drove alone	88.0%	87.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
1-unit, detached	91.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Tuscumbia
Poverty rate	20.7%	19.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1966	1976