Matherville vs Sherrard

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

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

Sherrard has the higher population (705 vs 703 in Matherville). Sherrard has the higher median household income ($86,932 vs $80,714 in Matherville). Matherville has the higher median home value ($136,200 vs $130,400 in Sherrard).

Population, income & housing

	Matherville	Sherrard
Population	703	705
Median age	36.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$80,714	$86,932
Median home value	$136,200	$130,400
Median gross rent	$775	$813
Housing units	305	304
Homeownership rate	82.4%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matherville	Sherrard
Population	857 → 703 (-18.0%)	691 → 705 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $80,714 (+20.3%)	$60,735 → $86,932 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $136,200 (+34.9%)	$100,800 → $130,400 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $775 (+38.4%)	$675 → $813 (+20.4%)

Matherville

Population

857703

Median household income

$67,083$80,714

Median home value

$101,000$136,200

Median gross rent

$560$775

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)

	Matherville	Sherrard
Under 5	5.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	21.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.6%
75 and over	12.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matherville	Sherrard
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	89.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matherville	Sherrard
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	43.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matherville	Sherrard
Drove alone	79.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.6%
Walked	3.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	9.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matherville	Sherrard
1-unit, detached	79.7%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Matherville	Sherrard
Poverty rate	10.5%	7.5%
Average household size	2.68	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1959	1960