Cherokee, AL
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cherokee, AL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,043. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CHEROKEE-AL · Cherokee, AL 1 ZIPs · 4,043 pop · #22194/25278 · Colbert County
INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $48,720
- RANK-BOTTOM #22194/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Sheffield
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 76% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 4,043
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $100,500
Nearest income peer: Sheffield, AL ( $8,655 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cherokee
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cherokee on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Sheffield · lowest
Sheffield · lowest
$40,065 median HH income
- Cherokee · this city
Cherokee · this city
$48,720 median HH income
- Tuscumbia · near
Tuscumbia · near
$64,706 median HH income
- Leighton · near
Leighton · near
$71,217 median HH income
- Muscle Shoals · highest
Muscle Shoals · highest
$74,310 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Cherokee, AL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 12th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 4,043
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $48,720
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($48,720 average) · poverty 28.7%. The primary code (35616) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Cherokee as a pure owner town.
Within Alabama, Fairfield is the closest lower-income city and Dozier the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cherokee.
Population concentration
One delivery area carries the whole town
Cherokee is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 35616 is the entire residential footprint (4,043 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.
ZIP Codes in Cherokee, AL
These ZIP codes sit in Colbert County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Cherokee. See the Colbert County roll-up →
Cherokee sits in the lower half of Colbert County on income: Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals and Leighton report more, and only Sheffield reports less. Muscle Shoals marks the far end of that range at $74,310, 53% above Cherokee.
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35616 | 4,043 | 7 | America/Chicago |
On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Cherokee, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.