Chatham vs Sherman

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

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

Chatham has the higher population (14,740 vs 4,211 in Sherman). Sherman has the higher median household income ($147,025 vs $106,030 in Chatham). Sherman has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $231,900 in Chatham).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	Sherman
Population	14,740	4,211
Median age	35.1 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$106,030	$147,025
Median home value	$231,900	$291,300
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,565
Housing units	5,844	1,546
Homeownership rate	79.6%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.4%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	Sherman
Population	13,072 → 14,740 (+12.8%)	4,549 → 4,211 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$88,822 → $106,030 (+19.4%)	$113,958 → $147,025 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $231,900 (+22.8%)	$244,300 → $291,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,157 (+10.9%)	$928 → $1,565 (+68.6%)

Chatham

Population

13,07214,740

Median household income

$88,822$106,030

Median home value

$188,900$231,900

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,157

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)

	Chatham	Sherman
Under 5	7.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	23.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	18.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	19.1%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	12.6%
75 and over	3.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	Sherman
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	Sherman
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	Sherman
Drove alone	77.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	16.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	Sherman
1-unit, detached	74.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	Sherman
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.4%
Average household size	2.62	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1995	2002