Cherokee Village vs Highland

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

Cherokee Village and Highland 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 1,124 in Highland). Highland has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $35,244 in Cherokee Village). Highland has the higher median home value ($103,400 vs $86,800 in Cherokee Village).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee Village	Highland
Population	5,078	1,124
Median age	51.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$35,244	$51,250
Median home value	$86,800	$103,400
Median gross rent	$930	$706
Housing units	3,086	492
Homeownership rate	85.0%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee Village	Highland
Population	4,973 → 5,078 (+2.1%)	1,092 → 1,124 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $35,244 (-7.0%)	$41,953 → $51,250 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $86,800 (+17.1%)	$94,300 → $103,400 (+9.7%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $930 (+31.9%)	$613 → $706 (+15.2%)

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

Highland

Population

1,0921,124

Median household income

$41,953$51,250

Median home value

$94,300$103,400

Median gross rent

$613$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee Village	Highland
Under 5	6.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	22.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	4.6%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	15.6%	13.4%
75 and over	13.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee Village	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	74.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	21.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee Village	Highland
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee Village	Highland
Drove alone	75.7%	76.3%
Carpooled	14.8%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	5.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee Village	Highland
1-unit, detached	87.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	15.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee Village	Highland
Poverty rate	19.9%	14.0%
Average household size	2.39	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1976	1978