Cherokee City vs Garfield

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

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

Garfield has the higher population (468 vs 356 in Cherokee City). Since 2019, Cherokee City's population has grown faster (+626.5% vs -23.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee City	Garfield
Population	356	468
Median age	35.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,909
Median home value	—	$197,200
Median gross rent	—	$858
Housing units	83	237
Homeownership rate	0.0%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee City	Garfield
Population	49 → 356 (+626.5%)	610 → 468 (-23.3%)
Median household income	—	$59,375 → $70,909 (+19.4%)
Median home value	—	$191,700 → $197,200 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$788 → $858 (+8.9%)

Cherokee City

Population

49356

Garfield

Population

610468

Median household income

$59,375$70,909

Median home value

$191,700$197,200

Median gross rent

$788$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee City	Garfield
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	6.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	20.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	34.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.0%
75 and over	0.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee City	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	70.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	100.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee City	Garfield
No high school diploma	34.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	65.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee City	Garfield
Drove alone	100.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee City	Garfield
1-unit, detached	60.2%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.8%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee City	Garfield
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.8%
Average household size	7.12	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	—	1991