Burlington vs Cherokee

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

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

Cherokee has the higher population (1,319 vs 202 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($62,969 vs $55,417 in Cherokee). Burlington has the higher median home value ($116,100 vs $90,200 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Cherokee
Population	202	1,319
Median age	27.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,969	$55,417
Median home value	$116,100	$90,200
Median gross rent	—	$788
Housing units	74	806
Homeownership rate	77.4%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Cherokee
Population	146 → 202 (+38.4%)	1,554 → 1,319 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $62,969 (-8.4%)	$44,531 → $55,417 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $116,100 (-15.6%)	$72,400 → $90,200 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$499 → $788 (+57.9%)

Burlington

Population

146202

Median household income

$68,750$62,969

Median home value

$137,500$116,100

Cherokee

Population

1,5541,319

Median household income

$44,531$55,417

Median home value

$72,400$90,200

Median gross rent

$499$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Cherokee
Under 5	4.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	17.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	15.9%
75 and over	1.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Cherokee
No high school diploma	16.5%	12.5%
High school graduate	43.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Cherokee
Drove alone	72.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	17.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Cherokee
1-unit, detached	86.5%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Cherokee
Poverty rate	15.4%	20.4%
Average household size	3.81	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1964	1950