Cherryvale vs Elk City

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

Cherryvale and Elk City 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 281 in Elk City). Cherryvale has the higher median household income ($47,411 vs $35,417 in Elk City). Cherryvale has the higher median home value ($53,300 vs $22,300 in Elk City).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryvale	Elk City
Population	2,125	281
Median age	33.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$47,411	$35,417
Median home value	$53,300	$22,300
Median gross rent	$688	$921
Housing units	957	137
Homeownership rate	62.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryvale	Elk City
Population	2,330 → 2,125 (-8.8%)	288 → 281 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$37,826 → $47,411 (+25.3%)	$24,750 → $35,417 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$48,700 → $53,300 (+9.4%)	$24,800 → $22,300 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$678 → $688 (+1.5%)	$730 → $921 (+26.2%)

Cherryvale

Population

2,3302,125

Median household income

$37,826$47,411

Median home value

$48,700$53,300

Median gross rent

$678$688

Elk City

Population

288281

Median household income

$24,750$35,417

Median home value

$24,800$22,300

Median gross rent

$730$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryvale	Elk City
Under 5	7.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.7%	13.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.2%
75 and over	6.2%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryvale	Elk City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.6%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryvale	Elk City
No high school diploma	12.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.4%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryvale	Elk City
Drove alone	88.4%	78.8%
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%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryvale	Elk City
1-unit, detached	89.0%	75.9%
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%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Cherryvale	Elk City
Poverty rate	19.0%	26.7%
Average household size	2.52	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1950	1938