Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Cherokee County has a population of 47,942 and has grown 4.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $168,500, about 3.2 times the county's median household income of $53,218.

Home price
$168,500
Income
$53,218
Population
47,942
Unemployment
5.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$168,500county
Median gross rent$831county
Median year homes here were built1989county
Share of homes built before 198035.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile19.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant16.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use5.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,216county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$948county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$769county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,215county
Home insurance / yr$5,010(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living86(statewide)
Median household income$53,218county
Family health premium / yr$23,050(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,468(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.591(statewide)
Poverty rate18.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.8%county
Unemployment rate5.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.0%county
Share of workers employed by government28.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.8%county
Economic output per resident$40,238county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.54%county
Top state income tax4.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.06%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time23.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service46 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1123106county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station144 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.9%county
Traffic deaths31.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-6.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher29.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.2%county
Public schools in the county20county
Public school enrollment7083county
Students per full-time teacher15.1county
Free lunch eligible72.3%county
Elementary schools14county
Middle schools2county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians74county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter8.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance18.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year22.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year18.2%county
Frequent mental distress21.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity32.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes15.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population47,942county
Land area in square miles749county
People per square mile of land64.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store14.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract16.6%county
Population change since 2020+4.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age37.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.8%county
Share of households that are one person29.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.5%county
Second languages7.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls38.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents159county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents8county
Households that moved in1,202county
Households that moved away1,124county
Average income of arriving households$44,152county
Average income of departing households$44,084county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year22county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings25.1%(statewide)
Violent crime rate423(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation50.0 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.44 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F62 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing60 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days247 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 15county
Average first fall frostNov 17county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$142county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh12.8¢county
Household electricity use1,093 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.48(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity47.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas34.5%county
Homes heated by propane10.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood6.1%county
Households with broadband82.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk77.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk88.5county
Landslide risk65.3county
Hail risk66.6county
Earthquake risk60.3county
Tornado risk81.6county
Tropical cyclone risk32.2county
Extreme heat risk93.0county
Winter weather risk76.3county
Strong wind risk51.5county
Wildfire risk94.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Cherokee County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Oklahoma figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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