Ash Flat vs Cherokee Village

A side-by-side comparison of Ash Flat and Cherokee Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cherokee Village has the higher population (5,078 vs 1,309 in Ash Flat). Ash Flat has the higher median household income ($48,036 vs $35,244 in Cherokee Village). Ash Flat has the higher median home value ($87,200 vs $86,800 in Cherokee Village).

Population, income & housing

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
Population	1,309	5,078
Median age	53.5 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,036	$35,244
Median home value	$87,200	$86,800
Median gross rent	$783	$930
Housing units	507	3,086
Homeownership rate	56.4%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
Population	1,144 → 1,309 (+14.4%)	4,973 → 5,078 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$25,063 → $48,036 (+91.7%)	$37,917 → $35,244 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $87,200 (+13.5%)	$74,100 → $86,800 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$412 → $783 (+90.0%)	$705 → $930 (+31.9%)

Ash Flat

Population

1,1441,309

Median household income

$25,063$48,036

Median home value

$76,800$87,200

Median gross rent

$412$783

Cherokee Village

Population

4,9735,078

Median household income

$37,917$35,244

Median home value

$74,100$86,800

Median gross rent

$705$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
Under 5	8.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	7.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	16.9%	4.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	15.6%
75 and over	18.3%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	90.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
No high school diploma	12.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	40.2%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
Drove alone	80.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	14.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.9%
Other means	8.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
1-unit, detached	78.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Ash Flat	Cherokee Village
Poverty rate	16.1%	19.9%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1979	1976