Little Rock vs Sherwood

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

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

Little Rock has the higher population (202,739 vs 32,915 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($79,157 vs $60,583 in Little Rock). Little Rock has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $190,900 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Little Rock	Sherwood
Population	202,739	32,915
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$60,583	$79,157
Median home value	$221,200	$190,900
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,011
Housing units	99,697	14,911
Homeownership rate	54.2%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Rock	Sherwood
Population	197,958 → 202,739 (+2.4%)	31,004 → 32,915 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$51,485 → $60,583 (+17.7%)	$63,131 → $79,157 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $221,200 (+32.0%)	$154,800 → $190,900 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,067 (+22.4%)	$834 → $1,011 (+21.2%)

Little Rock

Population

197,958202,739

Median household income

$51,485$60,583

Median home value

$167,600$221,200

Median gross rent

$872$1,067

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)

	Little Rock	Sherwood
Under 5	6.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.1%
75 and over	5.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Rock	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	62.4%
Black or African American	39.4%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Rock	Sherwood
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	21.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Rock	Sherwood
Drove alone	76.5%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Rock	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	60.2%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	13.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Little Rock	Sherwood
Poverty rate	16.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1978	1985