Cherokee vs Helena

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

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

Helena has the higher population (1,487 vs 1,319 in Cherokee). Helena has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $55,417 in Cherokee). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($90,200 vs $80,500 in Helena).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Helena
Population	1,319	1,487
Median age	45.1 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$64,286
Median home value	$90,200	$80,500
Median gross rent	$788	$568
Housing units	806	174
Homeownership rate	70.9%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Helena
Population	1,554 → 1,319 (-15.1%)	1,423 → 1,487 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$44,531 → $55,417 (+24.4%)	$73,359 → $64,286 (-12.4%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $90,200 (+24.6%)	$73,600 → $80,500 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $788 (+57.9%)	$625 → $568 (-9.1%)

Cherokee

Population

1,5541,319

Median household income

$44,531$55,417

Median home value

$72,400$90,200

Median gross rent

$499$788

Helena

Population

1,4231,487

Median household income

$73,359$64,286

Median home value

$73,600$80,500

Median gross rent

$625$568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Helena
Under 5	4.9%	1.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	3.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	35.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	22.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	17.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	11.0%
75 and over	9.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Helena
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	56.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	9.7%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	13.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Helena
No high school diploma	12.5%	23.7%
High school graduate	28.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Helena
Drove alone	81.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	1.8%	19.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee	Helena
1-unit, detached	85.7%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Helena
Poverty rate	20.4%	13.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1950	1963