Cherokee vs Mulberry

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

Cherokee and Mulberry 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 419 in Mulberry). Mulberry has the higher median household income ($49,688 vs $47,778 in Cherokee). Since 2019, Mulberry's population has grown faster (+10.8% vs -18.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Mulberry
Population	692	419
Median age	39.4 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$49,688
Median home value	$81,800	—
Median gross rent	$754	$659
Housing units	328	285
Homeownership rate	77.2%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Mulberry
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	378 → 419 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$32,813 → $49,688 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$51,500 → $73,100 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	$342 → $659 (+92.7%)

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Mulberry

Population

378419

Median household income

$32,813$49,688

Median home value

$51,500$73,100

Median gross rent

$342$659

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Mulberry
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	1.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	18.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	9.1%	27.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.1%
75 and over	9.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Mulberry
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.0%
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%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Mulberry
No high school diploma	5.8%	12.4%
High school graduate	41.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	3.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Mulberry
Drove alone	75.7%	85.8%
Carpooled	14.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Mulberry
1-unit, detached	73.5%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Mulberry
Poverty rate	12.0%	31.7%
Average household size	2.51	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1966	1949