Cherokee vs Jet

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

Cherokee and Jet 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 208 in Jet). Cherokee has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $54,033 in Jet). Cherokee has the higher median home value ($90,200 vs $83,200 in Jet).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee	Jet
Population	1,319	208
Median age	45.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$54,033
Median home value	$90,200	$83,200
Median gross rent	$788	—
Housing units	806	141
Homeownership rate	70.9%	95.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee	Jet
Population	1,554 → 1,319 (-15.1%)	272 → 208 (-23.5%)
Median household income	$44,531 → $55,417 (+24.4%)	$58,646 → $54,033 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$72,400 → $90,200 (+24.6%)	$70,000 → $83,200 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$499 → $788 (+57.9%)	$710 → $786 (+10.7%)

Cherokee

Population

1,5541,319

Median household income

$44,531$55,417

Median home value

$72,400$90,200

Median gross rent

$499$788

Jet

Population

272208

Median household income

$58,646$54,033

Median home value

$70,000$83,200

Median gross rent

$710$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee	Jet
Under 5	4.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	16.4%	6.3%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.1%
75 and over	9.8%	32.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee	Jet
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	88.5%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee	Jet
No high school diploma	12.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	28.9%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	54.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee	Jet
Drove alone	81.9%	98.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	1.5%
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	Jet
1-unit, detached	85.7%	94.3%
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%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee	Jet
Poverty rate	20.4%	3.4%
Average household size	2.15	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	56
Median year structure built	1950	1962