Cherokee Strip vs Mettler

A side-by-side comparison of Cherokee Strip and Mettler: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherokee Strip and Mettler are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherokee Strip has the higher population (194 vs 137 in Mettler). Mettler has the higher median household income ($87,875 vs $29,896 in Cherokee Strip). Mettler has the higher median home value ($228,100 vs $108,900 in Cherokee Strip).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
Population	194	137
Median age	16.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$29,896	$87,875
Median home value	$108,900	$228,100
Housing units	58	46
Homeownership rate	50.9%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	23.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
Population	214 → 194 (-9.3%)	157 → 137 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $29,896 (-4.3%)	$58,438 → $87,875 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $108,900 (+26.8%)	$134,700 → $228,100 (+69.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $680 (+1.3%)

Cherokee Strip

Population

214194

Median household income

$31,250$29,896

Median home value

$85,900$108,900

Mettler

Population

157137

Median household income

$58,438$87,875

Median home value

$134,700$228,100

Median gross rent

$671$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
Under 5	23.7%	10.2%
5 to 17	30.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	27.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	4.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	4.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	3.1%	8.8%
75 and over	3.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	41.8%	100.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
No high school diploma	47.2%	44.8%
High school graduate	32.6%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
Drove alone	100.0%	94.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
1-unit, detached	91.4%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee Strip	Mettler
Poverty rate	41.8%	21.2%
Average household size	3.66	3.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1942	1966