Lake Cherokee vs Tatum

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

Lake Cherokee and Tatum 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 1,528 in Tatum). Lake Cherokee has the higher median household income ($91,571 vs $70,708 in Tatum). Lake Cherokee has the higher median home value ($394,900 vs $200,800 in Tatum).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
Population	3,358	1,528
Median age	56.1 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,571	$70,708
Median home value	$394,900	$200,800
Median gross rent	$919	$852
Housing units	1,838	733
Homeownership rate	83.4%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
Population	2,942 → 3,358 (+14.1%)	1,272 → 1,528 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$69,034 → $91,571 (+32.6%)	$41,875 → $70,708 (+68.9%)
Median home value	$272,000 → $394,900 (+45.2%)	$154,200 → $200,800 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $919 (+14.0%)	$596 → $852 (+43.0%)

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

Tatum

Population

1,2721,528

Median household income

$41,875$70,708

Median home value

$154,200$200,800

Median gross rent

$596$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	25.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.3%
45 to 54	5.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	26.4%	3.4%
75 and over	6.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	48.0%
Black or African American	2.5%	17.9%
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%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
No high school diploma	2.9%	15.1%
High school graduate	17.2%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
Drove alone	80.1%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	15.4%
Other means	4.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
1-unit, detached	75.8%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Cherokee	Tatum
Poverty rate	10.8%	18.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1994	1994