Cherokee vs Goltry

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

Cherokee and Goltry 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 294 in Goltry). Goltry has the higher median household income ($95,333 vs $55,417 in Cherokee). Goltry has the higher median home value ($94,400 vs $90,200 in Cherokee).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Goltry
Population	1,319	294
Median age	45.1 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$95,333
Median home value	$90,200	$94,400
Median gross rent	$788	$813
Housing units	806	156
Homeownership rate	70.9%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Goltry
Population	1,554 → 1,319 (-15.1%)	255 → 294 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$44,531 → $55,417 (+24.4%)	$52,917 → $95,333 (+80.2%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $90,200 (+24.6%)	$71,200 → $94,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $788 (+57.9%)	—

Cherokee

Population

1,5541,319

Median household income

$44,531$55,417

Median home value

$72,400$90,200

Median gross rent

$499$788

Goltry

Population

255294

Median household income

$52,917$95,333

Median home value

$71,200$94,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Goltry
Under 5	4.9%	1.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	5.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	20.7%
75 and over	9.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Goltry
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Goltry
No high school diploma	12.5%	17.9%
High school graduate	28.9%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Goltry
Drove alone	81.9%	95.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Goltry
1-unit, detached	85.7%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	15.4%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Goltry
Poverty rate	20.4%	2.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1950	1967