SherrelwoodCO
A town of 18,692.
What should you know before moving to Sherrelwood?
Sherrelwood's standout: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 95% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C, ranked 126th of 158 in Colorado. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 91% of Colorado towns on state tests and graduation. Sherrelwood’s trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Colorado’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Only 3 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a higher January low than Sherrelwood. The biggest park or preserve is Sherrelwood Park, at 24 acres.
What makes Sherrelwood stand out
Where Sherrelwood beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure Elementary | PK–6 | 429 |
| Fairview PK-8 | PK–8 | 397 |
| Metropolitan Arts Academy | PK–8 | 302 |
99% of working residents leave Sherrelwood for work
Where Sherrelwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sherrelwood grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Sherrelwood is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D for schools (better than 9%), so the C overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Empower Field at Mile High and 62 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sherrelwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
Big draw16 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
6 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
6 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
6 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods Park
6 mi Theme parkElitch Gardens Theme ParkPhoto credits
Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0 · Elitch Gardens Theme Park: USGS, Public domain
Moving to Sherrelwood: who provides what
Sherrelwood is unincorporated, so Adams 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 Sherrelwood.
Sherrelwood sends most of its workers to Denver and beyond and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Colorado.
Sherrelwood’s grade for schools is a D
Its public schools are run by the Mapleton School District No. 1. Two of its 9 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventure ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 429 | D |
| Global Leadership AcademyLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 400 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Sherrelwood
Sherrelwood has 1,719 jobs for its 8,708 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Sherrelwood for work: only 1% work in town. At 30 minutes, Sherrelwood’s average trip to work is where Colorado’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Since 2013, Sherrelwood has added 232 jobs, to 1,719 in 2023.
| Sherrelwood | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 18% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sherrelwood has snowy winters and hot summers
Sherrelwood has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 20° and about 55 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hail leads a low hazard risk in Sherrelwood
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sherrelwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Compared with most of Colorado and the rest of the country, fewer of Sherrelwood’s adults have been diagnosed with depression
Within Colorado it is less healthy than 85% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar.
20% of Sherrelwood adults have been diagnosed with depression. Sherrelwood beats the Colorado average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11. 34% of Sherrelwood adults have obesity.
| Sherrelwood | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 10% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 71% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 23% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 16% | 25% |
| What stands out | Sherrelwood | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.8% | 7.8% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 19.6% | 22.7% |
| More uninsured adults | 22.7% | 11.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sherrelwood has set aside 3% of its land for conservation
0.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Waddell Park | 0.7 mi | 13 |
| 2. Sherrelwood Park | 0.1 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Sherrelwood sells for about $491K at the median
The median rent in Sherrelwood is $1,702 a month.
| Sherrelwood | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,702 a month | $1,812 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 71% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sherrelwood
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Sherrelwood
About 4 of every 100 Sherrelwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Colorado.
About Sherrelwood
Unincorporated community in Adams County, CO, USA
Sherrelwood is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Adams County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 19,228 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,292 ft
- Area code
- 720
Sherrelwood’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Sherrelwood.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C; Twin Lakes (C) is closest.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrelwood | #126 | C | C | — | D | B |
| Westminster | #76 | B | C | D | A− | A |
| Thornton | #102 | B− | C− | C− | B+ | A− |
| Federal Heights | #95 | B− | B+ | — | B+ | C− |
| Twin Lakes | #125 | C | C− | — | D | B+ |
| Welby | #106 | C+ | C+ | — | B | C+ |
Sherrelwood, Federal Heights, Twin Lakes and Welby report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Sherrelwood with a neighbor →
Questions about Sherrelwood
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sherrelwood, CO a good place to live?
Sherrelwood grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #126 of 158 in Colorado. It grades B for health and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sherrelwood, CO expensive?
The typical home is worth about $432,000, 18% below the Colorado typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.