Aledo vs Sherrard

A side-by-side comparison of Aledo and Sherrard: population, income, housing, and more.

Aledo and Sherrard are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aledo has the higher population (3,753 vs 705 in Sherrard). Sherrard has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $62,829 in Aledo). Aledo has the higher median home value ($140,000 vs $130,400 in Sherrard).

Population, income & housing

	Aledo	Sherrard
Population	3,753	705
Median age	40.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,829	$86,932
Median home value	$140,000	$130,400
Median gross rent	$770	$813
Housing units	1,690	304
Homeownership rate	65.6%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aledo	Sherrard
Population	3,494 → 3,753 (+7.4%)	691 → 705 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$50,482 → $62,829 (+24.5%)	$60,735 → $86,932 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $140,000 (+43.0%)	$100,800 → $130,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$621 → $770 (+24.0%)	$675 → $813 (+20.4%)

Aledo

Population

3,4943,753

Median household income

$50,482$62,829

Median home value

$97,900$140,000

Median gross rent

$621$770

Sherrard

Population

691705

Median household income

$60,735$86,932

Median home value

$100,800$130,400

Median gross rent

$675$813

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aledo	Sherrard
Under 5	7.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	21.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.6%
75 and over	8.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aledo	Sherrard
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aledo	Sherrard
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	35.6%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aledo	Sherrard
Drove alone	84.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aledo	Sherrard
1-unit, detached	77.6%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Aledo	Sherrard
Poverty rate	10.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1956	1960