Sherwood ShoresTX
830 people call this town in Texas home.
Is Sherwood Shores a good place to live?
Sherwood Shores’ age of the median resident is 61.8 years, where Texas’ towns sit at 35.9 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 26% of the land in Sherwood Shores is conserved, above both the Texas town median (1.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Juniper Point Public Use Area, at 366 acres. Sherwood Shores has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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Ordered by what stands out in Sherwood Shores.
Protected land: nearly a quarter of Sherwood Shores
Sherwood Shores has 2 parks and preserves, 386 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Juniper Point Public Use Area | — | 366 |
| 2. Shady Park | — | 20 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Sherwood Shores’ workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Sherwood Shores for work: only 3% work in town. For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 15%. The top destinations are Sherman (9%), Gainesville (7%) and Whitesboro (6%). Half of commuters travel less than 42 miles.
| Sherwood Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Sherwood Shores: inland flooding
The FEMA risk score for Sherwood Shores comes to 24 of 100. Expected losses in Sherwood Shores break down as 49% from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Sherwood Shores
Sherwood Shores’ typical July afternoon high stands at 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sherwood Shores stands out in Texas and nationally: a larger share of its adults have high blood pressure
Among adults in Sherwood Shores, 24% have been diagnosed with depression. The town does better than the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 10. In Sherwood Shores, 17% of adults have diabetes, and 14% binge drink.
| Sherwood Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Sherwood Shores | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.6% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Sherwood Shores sells for about $225K at the median
In Sherwood Shores, 96% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sherwood Shores
Moving to Sherwood Shores: who provides what
Sherwood Shores is unincorporated, so Grayson 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.
97% of working residents leave Sherwood Shores for work
Where Sherwood Shores’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sherwood Shores
About 0 of every 100 Sherwood Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
Questions about Sherwood Shores
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