Federal Heights vs Sherrelwood

A side-by-side comparison of Federal Heights and Sherrelwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Federal Heights and Sherrelwood are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sherrelwood has the higher population (19,368 vs 14,160 in Federal Heights). Sherrelwood has the higher median household income ($73,849 vs $57,957 in Federal Heights). Sherrelwood has the higher median home value ($412,200 vs $91,300 in Federal Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
Population	14,160	19,368
Median age	32.3 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,957	$73,849
Median home value	$91,300	$412,200
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,627
Housing units	5,403	6,568
Homeownership rate	58.7%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
Population	12,745 → 14,160 (+11.1%)	19,208 → 19,368 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$45,395 → $57,957 (+27.7%)	$62,169 → $73,849 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $91,300 (+42.0%)	$273,500 → $412,200 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,206 → $1,655 (+37.2%)	$1,363 → $1,627 (+19.4%)

Federal Heights

Population

12,74514,160

Median household income

$45,395$57,957

Median home value

$64,300$91,300

Median gross rent

$1,206$1,655

Sherrelwood

Population

19,20819,368

Median household income

$62,169$73,849

Median home value

$273,500$412,200

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,627

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
Under 5	9.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	17.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.2%
75 and over	2.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	29.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	2.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	65.6%	65.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
No high school diploma	30.4%	16.9%
High school graduate	34.2%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
Drove alone	69.9%	67.1%
Carpooled	21.8%	12.1%
Public transit	2.3%	4.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.0%	13.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
1-unit, detached	17.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	18.6%	10.9%
20 or more units	11.8%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	46.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Federal Heights	Sherrelwood
Poverty rate	20.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.74	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1990	1966