Arma vs Cherokee

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

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

Arma has the higher population (1,131 vs 692 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($47,778 vs $43,073 in Arma). Arma has the higher median home value ($83,100 vs $81,800 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Arma	Cherokee
Population	1,131	692
Median age	55.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,073	$47,778
Median home value	$83,100	$81,800
Median gross rent	$753	$754
Housing units	639	328
Homeownership rate	67.1%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arma	Cherokee
Population	1,385 → 1,131 (-18.3%)	849 → 692 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $43,073 (+22.3%)	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $83,100 (+7.1%)	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $753 (+32.6%)	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)

Arma

Population

1,3851,131

Median household income

$35,208$43,073

Median home value

$77,600$83,100

Median gross rent

$568$753

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)

	Arma	Cherokee
Under 5	1.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	18.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	19.0%	6.5%
75 and over	14.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arma	Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	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	3.2%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arma	Cherokee
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arma	Cherokee
Drove alone	83.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arma	Cherokee
1-unit, detached	84.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Arma	Cherokee
Poverty rate	11.4%	12.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1964	1966