Cherokee vs Pittsburg

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

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (20,606 vs 692 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($47,778 vs $40,220 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $81,800 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
Population	692	20,606
Median age	39.4 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,778	$40,220
Median home value	$81,800	$110,800
Median gross rent	$754	$840
Housing units	328	9,459
Homeownership rate	77.2%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
Population	849 → 692 (-18.5%)	20,171 → 20,606 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$41,500 → $47,778 (+15.1%)	$34,956 → $40,220 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $81,800 (+89.8%)	$88,500 → $110,800 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $754 (+16.7%)	$712 → $840 (+18.0%)

Cherokee

Population

849692

Median household income

$41,500$47,778

Median home value

$43,100$81,800

Median gross rent

$646$754

Pittsburg

Population

20,17120,606

Median household income

$34,956$40,220

Median home value

$88,500$110,800

Median gross rent

$712$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
Under 5	4.8%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	26.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	18.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	9.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.9%
75 and over	9.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	77.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	41.2%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
Drove alone	75.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	14.4%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	6.7%	5.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	73.5%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	12.0%	29.4%
Average household size	2.51	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1966	1968