Penryn vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Penryn and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

Penryn and Sheridan are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sheridan has the higher population (1,447 vs 1,059 in Penryn). Penryn has the higher median household income ($121,302 vs $79,732 in Sheridan). Penryn has the higher median home value ($731,300 vs $425,000 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Penryn	Sheridan
Population	1,059	1,447
Median age	57.3 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$121,302	$79,732
Median home value	$731,300	$425,000
Median gross rent	$1,331	—
Housing units	500	405
Homeownership rate	86.4%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penryn	Sheridan
Population	818 → 1,059 (+29.5%)	1,355 → 1,447 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$61,905 → $121,302 (+95.9%)	$42,404 → $79,732 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$540,900 → $731,300 (+35.2%)	$270,700 → $425,000 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,331 (-8.7%)	$1,122 → $1,437 (+28.1%)

Penryn

Population

8181,059

Median household income

$61,905$121,302

Median home value

$540,900$731,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,331

Sheridan

Population

1,3551,447

Median household income

$42,404$79,732

Median home value

$270,700$425,000

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,437

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penryn	Sheridan
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	25.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	14.6%
25 to 34	3.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	23.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.6%	4.9%
75 and over	14.8%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penryn	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penryn	Sheridan
No high school diploma	7.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	10.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penryn	Sheridan
Drove alone	64.5%	45.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	44.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.7%	10.5%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penryn	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	72.6%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	25.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Penryn	Sheridan
Poverty rate	2.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.24	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1987	1984