Sherrelwood vs Welby

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

Sherrelwood and Welby 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 16,232 in Welby). Welby has the higher median household income ($78,375 vs $73,849 in Sherrelwood). Sherrelwood has the higher median home value ($412,200 vs $347,700 in Welby).

Population, income & housing

	Sherrelwood	Welby
Population	19,368	16,232
Median age	32.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,849	$78,375
Median home value	$412,200	$347,700
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,640
Housing units	6,568	5,932
Homeownership rate	69.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sherrelwood	Welby
Population	19,208 → 19,368 (+0.8%)	16,018 → 16,232 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$62,169 → $73,849 (+18.8%)	$56,923 → $78,375 (+37.7%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $412,200 (+50.7%)	$213,500 → $347,700 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,627 (+19.4%)	$1,211 → $1,640 (+35.4%)

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

Welby

Population

16,01816,232

Median household income

$56,923$78,375

Median home value

$213,500$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sherrelwood	Welby
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	11.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.8%
35 to 44	17.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.0%
75 and over	4.8%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sherrelwood	Welby
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	32.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	65.1%	61.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sherrelwood	Welby
No high school diploma	16.9%	24.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sherrelwood	Welby
Drove alone	67.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	12.1%	15.0%
Public transit	4.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	8.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sherrelwood	Welby
1-unit, detached	72.5%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	9.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Sherrelwood	Welby
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.4%
Average household size	3.06	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1966	1974