Sherman has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 19% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 111 jobs are based in Sherman; 246 of its residents have a job. Only 4% stay in Sherman for work; outside it, Loyal is the main destination (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sherman in brief
Sherman on a workday afternoon
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Sherman on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Sherman to work: where people go
Where Sherman clocks in
Lines 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.
Making and building: 55% of jobs based in Sherman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 111. 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.
Getting to work from Sherman takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherman workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 318 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Sherman’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
Around Sherman: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Spencer (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sherman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | – | — | — | 25 min | $84,688 |
| Spencer | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Fremont | under 3% | C | C | 21 min | $78,286 |
| Unity | 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Loyal | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Spencer | 5% | B | B+ | 19 min | $69,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Spencer and Loyal: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Unity: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$84,688 (±$11,010) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherman?
4.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherman?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherman work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Loyal (10%, 6 mi), Spencer (5%, 4 mi), Eaton (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sherman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% 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.