Cherokee City vs Gateway

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

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

Cherokee City has the higher population (356 vs 297 in Gateway). Since 2019, Cherokee City's population has grown faster (+626.5% vs -6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee City	Gateway
Population	356	297
Median age	35.7 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,917
Median home value	—	$168,800
Housing units	83	165
Homeownership rate	0.0%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee City	Gateway
Population	49 → 356 (+626.5%)	318 → 297 (-6.6%)
Median household income	—	$42,375 → $47,917 (+13.1%)
Median home value	—	$149,100 → $168,800 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $588 (-12.9%)

Cherokee City

Population

49356

Gateway

Population

318297

Median household income

$42,375$47,917

Median home value

$149,100$168,800

Median gross rent

$675$588

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee City	Gateway
Under 5	0.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	9.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	20.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	34.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	20.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.8%
75 and over	0.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee City	Gateway
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.0%
Asian	100.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	15.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee City	Gateway
No high school diploma	34.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	65.1%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee City	Gateway
Drove alone	100.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee City	Gateway
1-unit, detached	60.2%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	39.8%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee City	Gateway
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.1%
Average household size	7.12	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	—	42
Median year structure built	—	1987