Lake Cherokee vs Mount Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Cherokee and Mount Enterprise: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Cherokee and Mount Enterprise are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Cherokee has the higher population (3,358 vs 351 in Mount Enterprise). Lake Cherokee has the higher median household income ($91,571 vs $68,281 in Mount Enterprise). Lake Cherokee has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $176,700 in Mount Enterprise).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
Population	3,358	351
Median age	56.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,571	$68,281
Median home value	$394,900	$176,700
Median gross rent	$919	$1,000
Housing units	1,838	206
Homeownership rate	83.4%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
Population	2,942 → 3,358 (+14.1%)	448 → 351 (-21.7%)
Median household income	$69,034 → $91,571 (+32.6%)	$54,205 → $68,281 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$272,000 → $394,900 (+45.2%)	$132,300 → $176,700 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $919 (+14.0%)	$861 → $1,000 (+16.1%)

Lake Cherokee

Population

2,9423,358

Median household income

$69,034$91,571

Median home value

$272,000$394,900

Median gross rent

$806$919

Mount Enterprise

Population

448351

Median household income

$54,205$68,281

Median home value

$132,300$176,700

Median gross rent

$861$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
Under 5	4.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	5.2%	18.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	26.4%	11.7%
75 and over	6.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	15.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	17.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
Drove alone	80.1%	90.4%
Carpooled	8.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.0%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
1-unit, detached	75.8%	90.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Cherokee	Mount Enterprise
Poverty rate	10.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1994	1961