Cherokee Strip vs Mexican Colony

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

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

Mexican Colony has the higher population (217 vs 194 in Cherokee Strip). Mexican Colony has the higher median household income ($53,715 vs $29,896 in Cherokee Strip). Cherokee Strip has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $90,000 in Mexican Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
Population	194	217
Median age	16.5 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$29,896	$53,715
Median home value	$108,900	$90,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,063
Housing units	58	83
Homeownership rate	50.9%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	23.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
Population	214 → 194 (-9.3%)	423 → 217 (-48.7%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $29,896 (-4.3%)	$30,982 → $53,715 (+73.4%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $108,900 (+26.8%)	$65,000 → $90,000 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$903 → $1,063 (+17.7%)

Cherokee Strip

Population

214194

Median household income

$31,250$29,896

Median home value

$85,900$108,900

Mexican Colony

Population

423217

Median household income

$30,982$53,715

Median home value

$65,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$903$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
Under 5	23.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	30.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	30.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	3.1%	2.8%
75 and over	3.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	4.1%
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%	95.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
No high school diploma	47.2%	28.5%
High school graduate	32.6%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
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	Mexican Colony
1-unit, detached	91.4%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee Strip	Mexican Colony
Poverty rate	41.8%	27.6%
Average household size	3.66	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1942	1963