NC area data
Cherokee, NC
Cherokee, NC.
Population: 6,786 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 438.2 (+1.0% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Below Average)
- 94.3 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 14.0¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $16.40/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Schools
- Total schools
- 2
- Elementary schools
- 1
- Middle schools
- 0
- High schools
- 1
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- coldWave, iceStorm, landslide
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 56.0°F
- Average high
- 67.0°F
- Average low
- 44.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 59.3 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 38
- Days with Good air quality
- 305
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 4
- Nearest national park
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (12 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Sossamon Field (Unused) (8 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Western Carolina Regional Airport (36 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.4 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,988
- Median annual property tax
- $199
- Households with broadband internet
- 38.9%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 4,045
- Average weekly wage
- $700
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Arts & Entertainment, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 73
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