Auburn vs Sherman

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn and Sherman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Auburn has the higher population (4,357 vs 4,211 in Sherman). Sherman has the higher median household income ($147,025 vs $79,475 in Auburn). Sherman has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $145,400 in Auburn).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn	Sherman
Population	4,357	4,211
Median age	36.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,475	$147,025
Median home value	$145,400	$291,300
Median gross rent	$911	$1,565
Housing units	1,653	1,546
Homeownership rate	84.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn	Sherman
Population	4,697 → 4,357 (-7.2%)	4,549 → 4,211 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$57,465 → $79,475 (+38.3%)	$113,958 → $147,025 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $145,400 (+28.2%)	$244,300 → $291,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $911 (+7.7%)	$928 → $1,565 (+68.6%)

Auburn

Population

4,6974,357

Median household income

$57,465$79,475

Median home value

$113,400$145,400

Median gross rent

$846$911

Sherman

Population

4,5494,211

Median household income

$113,958$147,025

Median home value

$244,300$291,300

Median gross rent

$928$1,565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn	Sherman
Under 5	5.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	23.6%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	16.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	19.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.6%
75 and over	5.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn	Sherman
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.8%
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	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn	Sherman
No high school diploma	2.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	39.9%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn	Sherman
Drove alone	88.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	2.4%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	16.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn	Sherman
1-unit, detached	88.0%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Auburn	Sherman
Poverty rate	6.7%	0.4%
Average household size	2.69	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1973	2002