Cherokee vs Girard

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

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

Girard has the higher population (2,706 vs 692 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($47,778 vs $41,629 in Girard). Girard has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $81,800 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Girard
Population	692	2,706
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$41,629
Median home value	$81,800	$84,500
Median gross rent	$754	$795
Housing units	328	1,270
Homeownership rate	77.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Girard
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	2,707 → 2,706 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$38,929 → $41,629 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$78,000 → $84,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	$788 → $795 (+0.9%)

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Girard

Population

2,7072,706

Median household income

$38,929$41,629

Median home value

$78,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$788$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Girard
Under 5	4.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	22.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	15.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	18.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.7%
75 and over	9.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Girard
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	41.2%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Girard
Drove alone	75.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Girard
1-unit, detached	73.5%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Girard
Poverty rate	12.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1966	1962