Photo: Doug Kerr · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Sherman commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Sherman report 455 jobs, and 1,335 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Sherman A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Measured by household income, Sherman is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sherman
A lot of Sherman works from home
42% of Sherman workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Sherman workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Sherman’s workforce skews older
36% of Sherman’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Sherman’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherman is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #71 of 155 in Connecticut. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherman could be anywhere from B to A+.
Time on the road from Sherman: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherman workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,105 commuters (the 42% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Sherman’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 455. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Sherman: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,171 residents head out to work, 164 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Sherman on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Danbury
Where Sherman clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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 miles Sherman commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Sherman start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherman is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #119 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Sherman near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,903 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 9.3% of Sherman households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Sherman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sherman next to U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900: 684th of 4,474 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 41 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Bolton CT | 4,875 | $126K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 590 | Salem CT | 4,324 | $123K | 6.2% | 3.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 682 | Carmel-by-the-Sea CA | 3,105 | $129K | 6.2% | 3.1% | 7% | A− |
| 683 | East Greenville PA | 3,154 | $87K | 7.2% | 2.3% | 2% | A− |
| 684 | Sherman CT | 3,618 | $116K | 2.2% | 3.9% | 12% | A− |
| 685 | Sandstone Township MI | 3,873 | $98K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A− |
| 686 | Sorgho KY | 2,960 | $122K | 8.4% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Sherman, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Sherman and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to New Milford (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | – | A− | C | 40 min | $116,000 |
| New Milford | 7% | B | B− | 30 min | $106,411 |
| Gaylordsville | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Kent | under 3% | B | A− | 20 min | $96,064 |
| New Fairfield | 3% | A− | B− | 42 min | $137,647 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gaylordsville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sherman’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 2023, 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 Sherman: questions
What is the median household income in Sherman?
$116,000 (±$34,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherman?
2.2%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherman?
40 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 42% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherman work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danbury (12%, 12 mi), New Milford (7%, 4 mi), Southeast (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherman walkable?
Sherman is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherman without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherman
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.