Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5Fewer people are out of work in Sherwood (0.9%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Sherwood; the top destination outside it is Appleton (17%, 9 miles). Sherwood grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Sherwood is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sherwood apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Sherwood
68% of Sherwood residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Sherwood pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Sherwood pay little
36% of the jobs based in Sherwood pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Sherwood and Appleton trade workers both ways
Appleton is the top workplace for Sherwood residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Sherwood come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sherwood is a place people come home to
There are 422 jobs based in Sherwood, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sherwood has about 2,000 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Sherwood
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sherwood is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #63 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sherwood could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What the 422 jobs in Sherwood are
422 jobs are based in Sherwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherwood, 2014 → 2024: 214 → 422. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sherwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from Sherwood work
Where Sherwood clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
A workday in Sherwood: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,750 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Sherwood on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,406 commuters (the 17% 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.
How many miles Sherwood commutes
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Sherwood start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,687 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). 0.8% of Sherwood households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sherwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sherwood is 239th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 237 | Malabar FL | 3,175 | $129K | 3.0% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| 238 | Hubbard OR | 3,399 | $102K | 3.6% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 239 | Sherwood WI | 3,311 | $110K | 4.3% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 240 | Monmouth Township KS | 3,224 | $106K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 241 | Perry Township OH | 3,796 | $186K | 0.2% | 4.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Sherwood, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Sherwood and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Harrison (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Sherwood’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 2024, 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 Sherwood: questions
What is the median household income in Sherwood?
$109,524 (±$17,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherwood?
4.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherwood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (17%, 9 mi), Fox Crossing (6%, 11 mi), Neenah (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sherwood walkable?
Sherwood is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sherwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherwood
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.