Bryson City vs Cherokee

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

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

Bryson City has the higher population (1,676 vs 1,631 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($48,173 vs $43,387 in Bryson City). Bryson City has the higher median home value ($246,700 vs $192,700 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Bryson City	Cherokee
Population	1,676	1,631
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,387	$48,173
Median home value	$246,700	$192,700
Median gross rent	$721	$799
Housing units	927	923
Homeownership rate	48.6%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryson City	Cherokee
Population	1,723 → 1,676 (-2.7%)	2,046 → 1,631 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$35,658 → $43,387 (+21.7%)	$40,982 → $48,173 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $246,700 (+47.3%)	$128,900 → $192,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $721 (+2.7%)	$514 → $799 (+55.4%)

Bryson City

Population

1,7231,676

Median household income

$35,658$43,387

Median home value

$167,500$246,700

Median gross rent

$702$721

Cherokee

Population

2,0461,631

Median household income

$40,982$48,173

Median home value

$128,900$192,700

Median gross rent

$514$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryson City	Cherokee
Under 5	4.4%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	17.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.9%
75 and over	13.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryson City	Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	10.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.1%	77.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryson City	Cherokee
No high school diploma	18.6%	16.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryson City	Cherokee
Drove alone	81.1%	93.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	7.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryson City	Cherokee
1-unit, detached	50.2%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	8.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.8%	23.7%

Poverty & households

	Bryson City	Cherokee
Poverty rate	21.5%	25.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1978	1985