Photo: Renelibrary · CC BY-SA 3.0Sherman has lower unemployment (2.6%) than 76% of U.S. towns
About one in four stay in Sherman for work; outside it, Denison is the main destination (9%, 10 miles). Jobs and income earn Sherman B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; the Texas average is 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sherman’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherman is better than 49% of U.S. towns, #300 of 642 in Texas. Unemployment holds Sherman’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($58,859, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherman could be anywhere from C+ to B.
Who works in Sherman, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 13,500 residents head out to work, 5,281 work right here, and 17,446 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Sherman: the destinations
Where Sherman clocks in
9% 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.
Inside Sherman’s 22,727 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 19,424 → 22,727. 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.
The trip to work from Sherman: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherman workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19,915 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Sherman’s workers travel
About 29% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
For most of Sherman, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sherman is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #292 of 642 in Texas. 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 22,424 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Sherman households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sherman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 37,000 to 71,000, Sherman ranks 588th of 837 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Liberty Township OH | 40,625 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 4 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Coppell TX | 41,386 | $146K | 5.4% | 2.6% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 586 | Port Orange FL | 66,395 | $74K | 11.0% | 4.7% | 14% | B− |
| 587 | New Albany Township IN | 52,380 | $65K | 14.5% | 4.5% | 24% | B− |
| 588 | Sherman TX | 52,417 | $59K | 12.7% | 2.6% | 28% | B− |
| 589 | Council Bluffs IA | 62,680 | $65K | 15.1% | 4.2% | 37% | B− |
| 590 | Redford Township MI | 47,432 | $69K | 11.6% | 6.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 837 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Texas.
The towns around Sherman
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | – | B− | B− | 23 min | $58,859 |
| Howe | under 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $51,108 |
| Denison | 9% | C+ | B− | 19 min | $67,365 |
| Knollwood | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Dorchester | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Knollwood and Dorchester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Denison. 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?
$58,859 (±$6,891) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherman?
12.7%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherman?
23 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherman work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Denison (9%, 10 mi), Dallas (6%, 58 mi), Plano (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sherman walkable?
Sherman is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherman without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.