Maumelle vs Sherwood

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

Maumelle 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 19,286 in Maumelle). Maumelle has the higher median household income ($92,466 vs $79,157 in Sherwood). Maumelle has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $190,900 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Maumelle	Sherwood
Population	19,286	32,915
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,466	$79,157
Median home value	$276,900	$190,900
Median gross rent	$995	$1,011
Housing units	8,254	14,911
Homeownership rate	75.5%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.9%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maumelle	Sherwood
Population	18,142 → 19,286 (+6.3%)	31,004 → 32,915 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$84,341 → $92,466 (+9.6%)	$63,131 → $79,157 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$223,800 → $276,900 (+23.7%)	$154,800 → $190,900 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $995 (+4.8%)	$834 → $1,011 (+21.2%)

Maumelle

Population

18,14219,286

Median household income

$84,341$92,466

Median home value

$223,800$276,900

Median gross rent

$949$995

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)

	Maumelle	Sherwood
Under 5	6.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maumelle	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	62.4%
Black or African American	21.5%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maumelle	Sherwood
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maumelle	Sherwood
Drove alone	73.7%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maumelle	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	73.8%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	9.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Maumelle	Sherwood
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	2001	1985