Cherryville vs Stanley

A side-by-side comparison of Cherryville and Stanley: population, income, housing, and more.

Cherryville and Stanley are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherryville has the higher population (6,154 vs 4,014 in Stanley). Stanley has the higher median household income ($71,333 vs $58,701 in Cherryville). Stanley has the higher median home value ($229,000 vs $198,000 in Cherryville).

Population, income & housing

	Cherryville	Stanley
Population	6,154	4,014
Median age	37.7 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,701	$71,333
Median home value	$198,000	$229,000
Median gross rent	$948	$1,142
Housing units	2,715	1,578
Homeownership rate	67.7%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherryville	Stanley
Population	5,956 → 6,154 (+3.3%)	3,679 → 4,014 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$43,977 → $58,701 (+33.5%)	$55,733 → $71,333 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$125,600 → $198,000 (+57.6%)	$141,100 → $229,000 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $948 (+25.7%)	$820 → $1,142 (+39.3%)

Cherryville

Population

5,9566,154

Median household income

$43,977$58,701

Median home value

$125,600$198,000

Median gross rent

$754$948

Stanley

Population

3,6794,014

Median household income

$55,733$71,333

Median home value

$141,100$229,000

Median gross rent

$820$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherryville	Stanley
Under 5	4.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	11.3%
75 and over	7.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherryville	Stanley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	79.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherryville	Stanley
No high school diploma	8.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherryville	Stanley
Drove alone	82.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	11.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherryville	Stanley
1-unit, detached	84.9%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherryville	Stanley
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1970	1977