Cherokee vs Frontenac

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

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

Frontenac has the higher population (3,381 vs 692 in Cherokee). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($56,867 vs $47,778 in Cherokee). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $81,800 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Frontenac
Population	692	3,381
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$56,867
Median home value	$81,800	$165,400
Median gross rent	$754	$847
Housing units	328	1,498
Homeownership rate	77.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Frontenac
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	3,400 → 3,381 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$56,467 → $56,867 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$131,400 → $165,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	$804 → $847 (+5.3%)

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Frontenac

Population

3,4003,381

Median household income

$56,467$56,867

Median home value

$131,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$804$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Frontenac
Under 5	4.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	7.1%
75 and over	9.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Frontenac
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Frontenac
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Frontenac
Drove alone	75.7%	90.8%
Carpooled	14.4%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Frontenac
1-unit, detached	73.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Frontenac
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1966	1980