SherrelwoodCO
In Colorado, this town has 18,692 residents.
What should you know before moving to Sherrelwood?
Where it falls short is schools — its public schools trail 91% of Colorado towns on state tests and graduation. Overall, Sherrelwood earns a C: better than 28% of U.S. towns, and 126th of 158 in Colorado. Its strongest is walkability — it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 95% of U.S. towns. At about $432K, a typical home costs 4.1 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. The town’s trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Colorado’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Sherrelwood Park, at 24 acres. Only 3 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a higher January low than Sherrelwood. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, B for incomes and B for hazard risk.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
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 61 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
Public schools: the Mapleton School District No. 1. Two of the 9 schools are below, and why each made the list. 6 public schools serve Sherrelwood, with 1,950 students in all.
| 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
For most of its workers, the job is outside 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.
For Sherrelwood, the typical journey to work is 30 minutes. Most people who work leave Sherrelwood to do it: just 1% work in town. Employers in Sherrelwood added 232 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,719. The top destinations are Denver (26%), Aurora (7%) and Westminster (6%).
| 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
The climate in Sherrelwood brings snowy winters and hot summers
Summer afternoons peak near 89° in July, and January nights bottom out around 20°; snowfall runs to about 55 inches a winter. Expect chilly, snowy winters and warm summers in Sherrelwood, with very little rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a low hazard risk in Sherrelwood: hail
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 61% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 2 claims in Sherrelwood since 2004.
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 86% of the 159 graded towns: Colorado sets a high bar.
In Sherrelwood, 28% of adults have high blood pressure. Only 4 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a higher share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Sherrelwood. This Colorado town beats the Colorado average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| 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
In Sherrelwood, 3% of the land is conserved
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 0.8 miles of trail. Parks and preserves in Sherrelwood: 2, covering 37 acres.
| Sherrelwood | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3% | 7% | 4.3% |
| 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 $431K at the median
Homes sold in Sherrelwood spent a median 37 days on the market. The going rate for rent for Sherrelwood comes to $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.