Cherryville is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 5,137 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Cherryville is the 176th largest community in North Carolina.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Cherryville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cherryville is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Cherryville who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.77%), sales jobs (13.93%), and management occupations (8.47%).

Cherryville is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Cherryville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.3% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small city, Cherryville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Cherryville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Cherryville are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.64% of adults in Cherryville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Cherryville in 2000 was $19,254, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,016 for a family of four.

The people who call Cherryville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Cherryville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cherryville include German, English, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Cherryville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.