Cherokee vs Franklin

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

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

Franklin has the higher population (763 vs 692 in Cherokee). Franklin has the higher median household income ($51,528 vs $47,778 in Cherokee). Franklin has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $81,800 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Franklin
Population	692	763
Median age	39.4 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$51,528
Median home value	$81,800	$116,500
Median gross rent	$754	$983
Housing units	328	217
Homeownership rate	77.2%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Franklin
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	590 → 763 (+29.3%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$48,162 → $51,528 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$84,800 → $116,500 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	$871 → $983 (+12.9%)

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Franklin

Population

590763

Median household income

$48,162$51,528

Median home value

$84,800$116,500

Median gross rent

$871$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Franklin
Under 5	4.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	28.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	15.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	18.5%	24.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	2.2%
75 and over	9.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Franklin
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	99.2%
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	7.9%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Franklin
No high school diploma	5.8%	28.6%
High school graduate	41.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Franklin
Drove alone	75.7%	87.8%
Carpooled	14.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Franklin
1-unit, detached	73.5%	90.8%
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%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Franklin
Poverty rate	12.0%	33.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1966	1991