SheridanCA
A town of 1,183, settled in 1868.
Is Sheridan a good place to live?
The best of Sheridan’s subject grades is an A− for health; the weakest is a D− for walkability. Sheridan’s July high is 96°F, above both the California town median (89°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). On walkability, just 5 of California’s 1,063 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 79% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Sheridan has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sheridan stand out
Where Sheridan beats most towns.
1,183 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Sheridan grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Sheridan is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Sheridan: who provides what
Sheridan is unincorporated, so Placer County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sheridan.
Residents of Sheridan are healthier than 82% of U.S. towns
Sheridan beats the California average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 31% of Sheridan adults sleep under 7 hours, below both California’s towns (35%) and U.S. towns (36%). 19% of Sheridan adults get no exercise outside work.
| Sheridan | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 35% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 72% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sheridan | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Sheridan’s schools beat 70% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Western Placer Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 62 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Sheridan
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Sheridan’s workers commute out: the town has 0.5 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Sheridan for work: only 1% work in town. Since 2013, Sheridan has added 69 jobs, to 263 in 2023. The average trip to work in Sheridan is 23 minutes.
| Sheridan | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More young adults than California overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 37% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 3% of residents (16% statewide). Sheridan’s median age is 28.1 years. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Sheridan | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 28.1 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Sheridan | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 20.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.2% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 4.4% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.4% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.7% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 1.6% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.4% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 36.2% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.8% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
A typical Sheridan home is worth about $549K
The typical Sheridan home is worth about $549,000, up 1.7% in a year, 28% below the California typical home. 76% of households own their home in Sheridan.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Mild winters and hot summers in Sheridan
Sheridan has mild winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Sheridan | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
ARCO Arena and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sheridan. Close and well known come first.
24 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
31 mi MountainSutter Buttes
28 mi State parkSutter's Fort
40 mi DamOroville Dam
28 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
29 mi Stadium & arenaHornet StadiumPhoto credits
ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter Buttes: Expedition 32 crew/NASA, Public domain · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Oroville Dam: California Department of Water Resources, Public domain · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Everything we know about Sheridan
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sheridan
College town 18 of every 100 Sheridan residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Sheridan has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
1,238 counted in 2010 and 1,385 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Sheridan
Census-designated place in California, United States
Sheridan is a census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States. It is located at the western edge of the county, along State Route 65. Sheridan is 7.5 miles (12.1 km) northwest of Lincoln. The population was 1,385 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 26 sq mi
- Elevation
- 112 ft
- ZIP code
- 95681
- Area code
- 530
Questions about Sheridan
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sheridan, CA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.