Barbour County vs Cherokee County

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

Barbour County and Cherokee County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cherokee County has the higher population (25,224 vs 24,757 in Barbour County). Cherokee County has the higher median household income ($50,769 vs $44,290 in Barbour County). Cherokee County has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $109,900 in Barbour County).

Population, income & housing

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
Population	24,757	25,224
Median age	40.7 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,290	$50,769
Median home value	$109,900	$165,900
Median gross rent	$644	$750
Housing units	11,702	14,663
Homeownership rate	67.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
Population	25,361 → 24,757 (-2.4%)	25,903 → 25,224 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$32,525 → $44,290 (+36.2%)	$41,919 → $50,769 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $109,900 (+21.2%)	$123,400 → $165,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $644 (+11.8%)	$620 → $750 (+21.0%)

Barbour County

Population

25,36124,757

Median household income

$32,525$44,290

Median home value

$90,700$109,900

Median gross rent

$576$644

Cherokee County

Population

25,90325,224

Median household income

$41,919$50,769

Median home value

$123,400$165,900

Median gross rent

$620$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	14.5%
75 and over	8.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	90.7%
Black or African American	46.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
No high school diploma	22.2%	16.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
Drove alone	82.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	1.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
1-unit, detached	58.2%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Barbour County	Cherokee County
Poverty rate	21.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1982	1987