Cherokee vs Chicopee

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

Cherokee and Chicopee 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 405 in Chicopee). Chicopee has the higher median household income ($139,423 vs $47,778 in Cherokee). Chicopee has the higher median home value ($369,000 vs $81,800 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Chicopee
Population	692	405
Median age	39.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$139,423
Median home value	$81,800	$369,000
Median gross rent	$754	—
Housing units	328	169
Homeownership rate	77.2%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	71.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Chicopee
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	565 → 405 (-28.3%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$78,700 → $139,423 (+77.2%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$115,300 → $369,000 (+220.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	—

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Chicopee

Population

565405

Median household income

$78,700$139,423

Median home value

$115,300$369,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Chicopee
Under 5	4.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	30.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	21.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.1%
75 and over	9.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Chicopee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	100.0%
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	7.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Chicopee
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	41.2%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	47.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Chicopee
Drove alone	75.7%	93.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Chicopee
1-unit, detached	73.5%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Chicopee
Poverty rate	12.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1966	1995