Cherokee vs McCune

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

Cherokee and McCune 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 268 in McCune). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($47,778 vs $41,250 in McCune). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($81,800 vs $39,400 in McCune).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	McCune
Population	692	268
Median age	39.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$41,250
Median home value	$81,800	$39,400
Median gross rent	$754	$706
Housing units	328	160
Homeownership rate	77.2%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	McCune
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	406 → 268 (-34.0%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$43,500 → $41,250 (-5.2%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$39,300 → $39,400 (+0.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	$563 → $706 (+25.4%)

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

McCune

Population

406268

Median household income

$43,500$41,250

Median home value

$39,300$39,400

Median gross rent

$563$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	McCune
Under 5	4.8%	1.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	18.5%	19.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	17.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.1%
75 and over	9.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	McCune
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	McCune
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	McCune
Drove alone	75.7%	93.4%
Carpooled	14.4%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	McCune
1-unit, detached	73.5%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	30.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	McCune
Poverty rate	12.0%	29.9%
Average household size	2.51	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1966	1974