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Place dossier plate
SheetOR-SHERWOOD-OR · Sherwood, OR 20,227 pop · income 83rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Sherwood
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Sherwood on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Altamont · lowest
56,236
Altamont · lowest
56,236 median HH income
33.7% of the leader · rank #1
Placentia · near
110,575
Placentia · near
110,575 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #2
Maine · near
110,592
Maine · near
110,592 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #3
Bar Nunn · near
110,598
Bar Nunn · near
110,598 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #4
Sherwood · this city
110,616
Sherwood · this city
110,616 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #5
Bayou Country… · near
110,646
Bayou Country… · near
110,646 median HH income
66.2% of the leader · rank #6
Cedar Mill · highest
167,037
Cedar Mill · highest
167,037 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Sherwood on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 20,227.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Sherwood - the verdict
Sherwood ranks in the 83rd percentile for household income and the 41st percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
83rd
percentile, household income
88th
percentile, home value
66th
percentile, median rent
41st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Sherwood, OR
Sherwood is a small city in Oregon, home to 20,227 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $110,616 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.1%. Typical homes in Sherwood are valued around $564,200, and the median resident age is 36.1 years. About 49.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 67.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 94 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 262% from five years earlier. Sherwood reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1651.2 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Oregon carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Oregon at 103.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,425 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Oregon run around $185, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 63.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Sherwood's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to population change to work and mobility to housing and income to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Sherwood, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Sherwood?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1651.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 28% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Is Sherwood growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +85 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +0.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 94 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The recent population line is broadly flat. That makes the composition of change more important than the headline count: housing turnover, household size, and age structure can shift even when the total barely moves.
What does the journey to work look like in Sherwood?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Sherwood?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Oregon, the closest population matches are Altamont (19,844 residents, $56,236 income); Cedar Mill (19,482 residents, $167,037 income); Hermiston (19,406 residents, $67,128 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Centerton, AR (20,212 residents); Lynbrook, NY (20,251 residents); Morristown, NJ (20,256 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Sherwood?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
5.1×
Home value
$564,200
Household income
$110,616
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 7 public schools within the city match. 49.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
2.1%
Bachelor's degree+
49.5%
Matched public schools
7
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A
2.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
49.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$110,616
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime C+
131 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Sherwood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 85/100 (A) · 2.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 83/100 (A-) · 49.5%
Household income: 82/100 (A-) · $110,616
Violent crime: 63/100 (C+) · 131 /100k
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
Where Sherwood sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Sherwood's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Sherwood highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Sherwood, OR (this city): home $564,200, crime 1,651/100k
Centerton, AR : home $295,500, crime 385/100k
Morristown, NJ : home $552,800, crime 1,063/100k
Westminster, MD : home $318,100, crime 2,283/100k
Palisades Park, NJ : home $704,400, crime 713/100k
Hermiston, OR : home $244,700, crime 3,543/100k
Milwaukie, OR : home $477,200, crime 1,720/100k
Central Point, OR : home $357,700, crime 1,146/100k
Ashland, OR : home $573,700, crime 2,019/100k
How does Sherwood compare to other US cities?
Where Sherwood sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income83% higher than other cities
Home value88% pricier than other cities
Median rent66% pricier than other cities
Safety41% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Oregon and the picture shifts: Sherwood ranks #32 of 85 Oregon cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Sherwood against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Oregon only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Oregon-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Sherwood near the bottom of Oregon's cities
Among the 395 Oregon cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Sherwood ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Sherwood only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#36 of 364
90th percentile in Oregon
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 395
0th percentile in Oregon
Median Home Value
#49 of 366
87th percentile in Oregon
Poverty Rate
#303 of 395
23rd percentile in Oregon
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#41 of 395
90th percentile in Oregon
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Oregon only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
83rd percentile nationally for median household income · 41st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Sherwood's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Sherwood's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Sherwood's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$564,20012th percentilemore affordable than 12% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Sherwood's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,066 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,664 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 5.1×, Sherwood sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,066 of 15,516 and #2,664 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$110,616Sherwood, OR median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Sherwood, OR median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Sherwood, OR.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)49.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,227
Median Income
$110,616
Median Home Value
$564,200
Median Age
36.1
Poverty Rate
2.1%
Labor force participation
67.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
49.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1651.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
131.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1519.9
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
7
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Sherwood's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
20,450 residents
2021
20,366 residents
2022
20,082 residents
2023
20,217 residents
2024
20,355 residents
2025
20,535 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
94
housing units authorized
Single-Family
85
detached homes
Multifamily
9
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
26
26
0
$8.9M
2020
36
36
0
$12.8M
2021
21
21
0
$7.3M
2022
80
75
5
$29.8M
2023
77
67
10
$33.2M
2024
94
85
9
$41.3M
Permit volume increased 262% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
66.5%
Carpool
7.2%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
23.7%
Based on 10,050 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Oregon statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $185
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Oregon at $185 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Oregon statewide averages, not a meter reading for Sherwood. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Oregon's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Sherwood is $1,425/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Oregon statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 63.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Oregon statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Sherwood sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Sherwood compares to similar-size Oregon cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.