Cherokee County vs Randolph County

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

Cherokee County and Randolph 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 22,310 in Randolph County). Randolph County has the higher median household income ($51,551 vs $50,769 in Cherokee County). Randolph County has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $165,900 in Cherokee County).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
Population	25,224	22,310
Median age	47.4 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,769	$51,551
Median home value	$165,900	$184,000
Median gross rent	$750	$646
Housing units	14,663	12,461
Homeownership rate	79.5%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
Population	25,903 → 25,224 (-2.6%)	22,647 → 22,310 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$41,919 → $50,769 (+21.1%)	$43,395 → $51,551 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$123,400 → $165,900 (+34.4%)	$96,100 → $184,000 (+91.5%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $750 (+21.0%)	$620 → $646 (+4.2%)

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

Randolph County

Population

22,64722,310

Median household income

$43,395$51,551

Median home value

$96,100$184,000

Median gross rent

$620$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
Under 5	4.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	12.4%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	74.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
No high school diploma	16.1%	16.4%
High school graduate	37.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
Drove alone	85.8%	81.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	27.0%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee County	Randolph County
Poverty rate	14.5%	18.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1987	1987