Bladen County vs Cherokee County

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

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

Bladen County has the higher population (29,591 vs 29,197 in Cherokee County). Cherokee County has the higher median household income ($51,496 vs $44,528 in Bladen County). Cherokee County has the higher median home value ($208,700 vs $125,800 in Bladen County).

Population, income & housing

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
Population	29,591	29,197
Median age	44.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,528	$51,496
Median home value	$125,800	$208,700
Median gross rent	$752	$800
Housing units	15,272	18,182
Homeownership rate	69.8%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
Population	33,407 → 29,591 (-11.4%)	27,969 → 29,197 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$36,173 → $44,528 (+23.1%)	$41,438 → $51,496 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $125,800 (+32.0%)	$159,100 → $208,700 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $752 (+14.8%)	$724 → $800 (+10.5%)

Bladen County

Population

33,40729,591

Median household income

$36,173$44,528

Median home value

$95,300$125,800

Median gross rent

$655$752

Cherokee County

Population

27,96929,197

Median household income

$41,438$51,496

Median home value

$159,100$208,700

Median gross rent

$724$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	19.2%
75 and over	9.2%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	33.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	1.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
Drove alone	80.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
1-unit, detached	62.1%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	32.3%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Bladen County	Cherokee County
Poverty rate	21.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1983	1993