Cherryvale vs Dearing

A side-by-side comparison of Cherryvale and Dearing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cherryvale has the higher population (2,125 vs 325 in Dearing). Dearing has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $47,411 in Cherryvale). Dearing has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $53,300 in Cherryvale).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryvale	Dearing
Population	2,125	325
Median age	33.8 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,411	$59,688
Median home value	$53,300	$81,000
Median gross rent	$688	$554
Housing units	957	177
Homeownership rate	62.0%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryvale	Dearing
Population	2,330 → 2,125 (-8.8%)	536 → 325 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$37,826 → $47,411 (+25.3%)	$56,288 → $59,688 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $53,300 (+9.4%)	$49,900 → $81,000 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $688 (+1.5%)	$788 → $554 (-29.7%)

Cherryvale

Population

2,3302,125

Median household income

$37,826$47,411

Median home value

$48,700$53,300

Median gross rent

$678$688

Dearing

Population

536325

Median household income

$56,288$59,688

Median home value

$49,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$788$554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryvale	Dearing
Under 5	7.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	15.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.5%
75 and over	6.2%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryvale	Dearing
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryvale	Dearing
No high school diploma	12.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	37.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryvale	Dearing
Drove alone	88.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryvale	Dearing
1-unit, detached	89.0%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Cherryvale	Dearing
Poverty rate	19.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1950	1973