Arcadia vs Cherokee

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

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

Cherokee has the higher population (692 vs 271 in Arcadia). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($81,800 vs $26,300 in Arcadia). Since 2019, Cherokee's population has grown faster (-18.5% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Cherokee
Population	271	692
Median age	44.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,778
Median home value	$26,300	$81,800
Median gross rent	$975	$754
Housing units	161	328
Homeownership rate	63.6%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Cherokee
Population	364 → 271 (-25.5%)	849 → 692 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$20,481 → $42,500 (+107.5%)	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$25,300 → $26,300 (+4.0%)	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $975 (+79.2%)	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)

Arcadia

Population

364271

Median household income

$20,481$42,500

Median home value

$25,300$26,300

Median gross rent

$544$975

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Cherokee
Under 5	10.3%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.5%
45 to 54	5.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	23.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.5%
75 and over	10.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	91.2%
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	3.3%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Cherokee
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	48.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Cherokee
Drove alone	53.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.8%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Cherokee
1-unit, detached	93.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Cherokee
Poverty rate	35.4%	12.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1938	1966