Jacksonville vs Sherwood

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Sherwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Jacksonville and Sherwood are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sherwood has the higher population (32,915 vs 29,285 in Jacksonville). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($79,157 vs $46,947 in Jacksonville). Sherwood has the higher median home value ($190,900 vs $155,300 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
Population	29,285	32,915
Median age	32.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,947	$79,157
Median home value	$155,300	$190,900
Median gross rent	$913	$1,011
Housing units	13,092	14,911
Homeownership rate	49.4%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
Population	28,456 → 29,285 (+2.9%)	31,004 → 32,915 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$48,727 → $46,947 (-3.7%)	$63,131 → $79,157 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $155,300 (+23.4%)	$154,800 → $190,900 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $913 (+11.5%)	$834 → $1,011 (+21.2%)

Jacksonville

Population

28,45629,285

Median household income

$48,727$46,947

Median home value

$125,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$819$913

Sherwood

Population

31,00432,915

Median household income

$63,131$79,157

Median home value

$154,800$190,900

Median gross rent

$834$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
Under 5	7.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.1%
75 and over	4.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	36.6%	62.4%
Black or African American	46.6%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
Drove alone	74.2%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.0%	10.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	63.7%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Sherwood
Poverty rate	19.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1980	1985