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Sherman earns a D, 518th of 640 graded towns in Texas, mostly because of schools. Its schools rank behind 75% of the state's. It also has a long history, with 4 places on the National Register. 28% of working residents work locally in Sherman, against 8.3% in Texas’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Sherman is home to Austin College. On history, just 66 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better.
Where Sherman beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sherman is from typical.
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Census counts: 35 in 1850, 43,645 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1856 and 2 maps from 1958 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sherman, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Sherman.
Sherman is healthier than towns with similar incomes, has home values still below their peak and has hotter summers than most of the country, though not than most of Texas.
Its public schools are run by Sherman ISD. Two of its 18 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 869 | – |
| Sherman H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,143 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Sherman’s property crime rate is 16.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 16.2 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
14 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Fairview Park, at 58 acres.
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pecan Grove Park | 1 mi | 13 |
| 2. Old Settlers Park | 0.9 mi | 28 |
| 3. Fairview Park | 0.7 mi | 58 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
459 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 41 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 68% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 459 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Sherman.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons average 93.5°: hotter than most of the country, but cooler than 78% of Texas places with climate records; January nights average 33.5°.
Sherman has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Sherman is 94°F.
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 34°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 4 of Sherman’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Sherman has added 3,303 jobs, to 22,727 in 2023. The top destinations are Denison (9%), Dallas (6%) and Plano (4%).
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $59,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical value, about $248K, is 12% below its June 2024 peak.
The typical Sherman home is worth about $248,000, down 6.6% in a year, 16% below the Texas typical home. 53% of households own their home in Sherman.
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,324 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Sherman has grown 20% since 2020, to 52,417 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.3 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 14% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 23% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.5 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.0, men 33.7.
| Sherman | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.6% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.5% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 11.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.3% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Against the 8,623 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sherman’s, it is healthier than 66%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Sherman beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 42% of Sherman adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Sherman | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 74% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sherman | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 16.6% | 19.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.1% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sherman
About 6 of every 100 Sherman residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
38,521 counted in 2010 and 43,645 in 2020; an estimated 52,417 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 20% since 2020, after 13.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
4 places in Sherman on the National Register of Historic Places.
38 notable people were born in Sherman.
City in Texas, United States
Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK combined statistical area. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and is the largest city in the Texoma region of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.
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4 towns share a border with Sherman.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | #518 | D | C− | C | C | C+ |
| Howe | #119 | B | C | A | A− | B− |
| Denison | #286 | C | C+ | B | B | C− |
| Knollwood | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dorchester | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Knollwood and Dorchester aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sherman with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Sherman grades D overall, better than 8% of U.S. towns and #518 of 640 in Texas. It grades C+ for health, C for safety and C for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($72,182 across the Sherman-Denison, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
38 notable people were born here, including Buck Owens and Denean Howard.
