Cherokee City vs Sulphur Springs

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

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

Sulphur Springs has the higher population (516 vs 356 in Cherokee City). Since 2019, Cherokee City's population has grown faster (+626.5% vs +11.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
Population	356	516
Median age	35.7 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$34,500
Median home value	—	$110,700
Median gross rent	—	$874
Housing units	83	241
Homeownership rate	0.0%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
Population	49 → 356 (+626.5%)	464 → 516 (+11.2%)
Median household income	—	$24,766 → $34,500 (+39.3%)
Median home value	—	$65,000 → $110,700 (+70.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$759 → $874 (+15.2%)

Cherokee City

Population

49356

Sulphur Springs

Population

464516

Median household income

$24,766$34,500

Median home value

$65,000$110,700

Median gross rent

$759$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	20.5%	24.8%
35 to 44	34.6%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.4%	7.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.3%
75 and over	0.0%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	59.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	32.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	34.9%	29.2%
High school graduate	65.1%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	60.2%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	39.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee City	Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.7%
Average household size	7.12	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	—	1955