Cherokee Village vs Hardy

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

Cherokee Village and Hardy 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 853 in Hardy). Cherokee Village has the higher median household income ($35,244 vs $33,500 in Hardy). Cherokee Village has the higher median home value ($86,800 vs $59,300 in Hardy).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
Population	5,078	853
Median age	51.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,244	$33,500
Median home value	$86,800	$59,300
Median gross rent	$930	$485
Housing units	3,086	783
Homeownership rate	85.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
Population	4,973 → 5,078 (+2.1%)	597 → 853 (+42.9%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $35,244 (-7.0%)	$26,071 → $33,500 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $86,800 (+17.1%)	$83,300 → $59,300 (-28.8%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $930 (+31.9%)	$469 → $485 (+3.4%)

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

Hardy

Population

597853

Median household income

$26,071$33,500

Median home value

$83,300$59,300

Median gross rent

$469$485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
Under 5	6.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	4.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	15.6%	17.2%
75 and over	13.9%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
No high school diploma	9.8%	18.7%
High school graduate	35.2%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
Drove alone	75.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
1-unit, detached	87.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee Village	Hardy
Poverty rate	19.9%	25.9%
Average household size	2.39	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1976	1973