Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLake CherokeeTexasUnited States
American20.9%4.6%5.3%
English14.7%7.9%9.5%
Irish11.8%6.0%9.4%
German9.8%8.3%12.5%
Italian2.4%1.9%4.8%
French2.1%1.5%1.6%
Scottish2.1%1.3%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.7%——
Mexican6.3%32.1%11.3%
Salvadoran0.3%1.2%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.8%1.8%
African American†8.6%10.3%9.9%
African0.3%0.6%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lake Cherokee
Texas
United States
Median age
57.4
35.7
39.1
Age 18–24
3.4%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
36.0%
13.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lake Cherokee
Texas
United States
Median household income
$91,855
$78,476
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
33.0%
33.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Lake Cherokee
Texas
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.1%
35.2%
22.3%
Spanish
7.7%
28.2%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lake Cherokee
Texas
United States
Catholic
—
20.1%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
23.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
45.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Lake Cherokee, Texas
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−27.0%
2008
−29.3%
2012
−34.0%
2016
−42.6%
2020
−43.3%
2024
−47.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.0%Harris440
73.1%Trump1,239
0.9%
R+47.1
R+3.8
R+45.7
1,695
R
27.9%Biden461
71.3%Trump1,176
0.8%
R+43.3
R+0.7
R+47.8
1,650
R
27.2%Clinton388
69.8%Trump995
2.9%
R+42.6
R+8.6
R+44.7
1,425
R
32.6%Obama464
66.5%Romney948
0.9%
R+34.0
R+4.7
R+37.8
1,425
R
35.0%Obama490
64.2%McCain900
0.8%
R+29.3
R+2.3
R+36.5
1,401
R
36.4%Kerry477
63.4%Bush830
0.2%
R+27.0
—
R+24.5
1,309
Lake Cherokee sits in the Gulf South and Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 47.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.1 points.
A population of 3,093, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,855 describe the city.
In 2024, Lake Cherokee, Texas voted Republican by 47.1 points (R+47.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,695 votes cast, 440 went Democratic and 1,239 went Republican.
How many people live in Lake Cherokee, Texas?
Lake Cherokee, Texas has a population of 3,093 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lake Cherokee, Texas?
Median household income in Lake Cherokee, Texas is $91,855 — above the national median of $80,734. The Texas state median is $78,476.
What is the political history of Lake Cherokee, Texas?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Lake Cherokee, Texas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.