Cherokee County vs Currituck County

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

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

Currituck County has the higher population (29,612 vs 29,197 in Cherokee County). Currituck County has the higher median household income ($91,548 vs $51,496 in Cherokee County). Currituck County has the higher median home value ($351,200 vs $208,700 in Cherokee County).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
Population	29,197	29,612
Median age	53.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,496	$91,548
Median home value	$208,700	$351,200
Median gross rent	$800	$1,126
Housing units	18,182	16,636
Homeownership rate	83.6%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
Population	27,969 → 29,197 (+4.4%)	26,363 → 29,612 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$41,438 → $51,496 (+24.3%)	$69,964 → $91,548 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $208,700 (+31.2%)	$257,200 → $351,200 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $800 (+10.5%)	$1,151 → $1,126 (-2.2%)

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

Currituck County

Population

26,36329,612

Median household income

$69,964$91,548

Median home value

$257,200$351,200

Median gross rent

$1,151$1,126

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
Under 5	3.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	19.2%	11.2%
75 and over	12.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
No high school diploma	8.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.3%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
Drove alone	77.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	8.3%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
1-unit, detached	76.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee County	Currituck County
Poverty rate	14.6%	7.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1993	1997