Cave City vs Cherokee Village

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

Cave City 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 1,930 in Cave City). Cave City has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $35,244 in Cherokee Village). Cave City has the higher median home value ($119,900 vs $86,800 in Cherokee Village).

Population, income & housing

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
Population	1,930	5,078
Median age	37.8 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$35,244
Median home value	$119,900	$86,800
Median gross rent	$636	$930
Housing units	914	3,086
Homeownership rate	57.2%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
Population	2,242 → 1,930 (-13.9%)	4,973 → 5,078 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$32,736 → $41,250 (+26.0%)	$37,917 → $35,244 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $119,900 (+67.9%)	$74,100 → $86,800 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $636 (+17.3%)	$705 → $930 (+31.9%)

Cave City

Population

2,2421,930

Median household income

$32,736$41,250

Median home value

$71,400$119,900

Median gross rent

$542$636

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)

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
Under 5	6.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	23.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	5.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	13.6%	15.6%
75 and over	7.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	2.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
No high school diploma	20.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	41.9%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
Drove alone	80.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	15.7%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	8.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
1-unit, detached	71.4%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Cave City	Cherokee Village
Poverty rate	20.9%	19.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1980	1976