Carmen vs Cherokee

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

Carmen 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 377 in Carmen). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $49,375 in Carmen). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($90,200 vs $47,500 in Carmen).

Population, income & housing

	Carmen	Cherokee
Population	377	1,319
Median age	33.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	$55,417
Median home value	$47,500	$90,200
Median gross rent	$645	$788
Housing units	199	806
Homeownership rate	66.4%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmen	Cherokee
Population	426 → 377 (-11.5%)	1,554 → 1,319 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $49,375 (-0.8%)	$44,531 → $55,417 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $47,500 (-0.8%)	$72,400 → $90,200 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $645 (-23.5%)	$499 → $788 (+57.9%)

Carmen

Population

426377

Median household income

$49,750$49,375

Median home value

$47,900$47,500

Median gross rent

$843$645

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)

	Carmen	Cherokee
Under 5	12.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	2.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	19.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.3%	15.9%
75 and over	6.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmen	Cherokee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmen	Cherokee
No high school diploma	13.7%	12.5%
High school graduate	47.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmen	Cherokee
Drove alone	87.7%	81.9%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	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)

	Carmen	Cherokee
1-unit, detached	89.9%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Carmen	Cherokee
Poverty rate	36.9%	20.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1948	1950