North Little Rock vs Sherwood

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

North 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.

North Little Rock has the higher population (64,504 vs 32,915 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($79,157 vs $51,236 in North Little Rock). Sherwood has the higher median home value ($190,900 vs $169,500 in North Little Rock).

Population, income & housing

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
Population	64,504	32,915
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,236	$79,157
Median home value	$169,500	$190,900
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,011
Housing units	33,554	14,911
Homeownership rate	46.7%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
Population	66,075 → 64,504 (-2.4%)	31,004 → 32,915 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$43,703 → $51,236 (+17.2%)	$63,131 → $79,157 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$135,200 → $169,500 (+25.4%)	$154,800 → $190,900 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,028 (+20.4%)	$834 → $1,011 (+21.2%)

North Little Rock

Population

66,07564,504

Median household income

$43,703$51,236

Median home value

$135,200$169,500

Median gross rent

$854$1,028

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)

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
Under 5	6.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	62.4%
Black or African American	43.8%	28.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	29.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
Drove alone	78.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.9%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.7%	10.8%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	61.2%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	10.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	North Little Rock	Sherwood
Poverty rate	20.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1975	1985