Sylvan Hills Country Club Golf Course · Photo: Valis55 · CC BY-SA 3.0Work means Little Rock for about half of Sherwood’s working residents
Only 8% stay in Sherwood for work; outside it, Little Rock is the main destination (45%, 12 miles). For jobs and income Sherwood is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (B−). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, where Arkansas has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sherwood, in brief
Income, poverty and work: Sherwood’s grade explained
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 80% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherwood could be anywhere from B to A.
The places Sherwood commutes to
Where Sherwood clocks in
45% of workers
18% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many people are in Sherwood by day
On a workday 13,554 residents head out to work, 1,102 work right here, and 7,978 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in Sherwood on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The 9,080 jobs based in Sherwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherwood, 2014 → 2024: 8,490 → 9,080. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sherwood spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherwood workers work from home, vs 9% across Arkansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,567 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Arkansas: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Sherwood’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Sherwood walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 2.0% across Arkansas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,651 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 32% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Sherwood households have no vehicle (Arkansas 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sherwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sherwood next to U.S. towns of 24,000 to 45,000: 526th of 1,211 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | Centerton AR | 27,176 | $116K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 518 | Bella Vista AR | 34,518 | $88K | 3.6% | 4.0% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 524 | Fish Hawk FL | 26,186 | $135K | 7.2% | 4.2% | 4% | B+ |
| 525 | East Haven CT | 27,925 | $95K | 7.2% | 4.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 526 | Sherwood AR | 33,620 | $81K | 9.0% | 2.9% | 8% | B+ |
| 527 | Fair Oaks CA | 32,799 | $117K | 7.2% | 6.1% | 4% | B+ |
| 528 | Cliffside Park NJ | 26,539 | $93K | 10.8% | 4.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 637 | Benton AR | 38,898 | $73K | 8.1% | 3.4% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,211 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 25% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sherwood, the top three, the last and three more from Arkansas.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Sherwood’s workers
The biggest share goes to North Little Rock (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood | – | B+ | B− | 24 min | $81,328 |
| North Little Rock | 18% | C | B+ | 20 min | $52,707 |
| Jacksonville | 4% | C− | B | 20 min | $49,666 |
| Gibson | under 1% | C | D | 25 min | $66,496 |
| McAlmont | under 1% | C− | B− | 24 min | $34,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sherwood: questions
What is the median household income in Sherwood?
$81,328 (±$7,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $60,773 across Arkansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherwood?
9.0%, against 16.0% across Arkansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherwood?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Arkansas and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherwood work?
8% work in town.
Is Sherwood walkable?
Sherwood is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.