Jerome vs Sherman

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

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

Sherman has the higher population (4,211 vs 1,910 in Jerome). Sherman has the higher median household income ($147,025 vs $55,777 in Jerome). Sherman has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $116,700 in Jerome).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome	Sherman
Population	1,910	4,211
Median age	34.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,777	$147,025
Median home value	$116,700	$291,300
Median gross rent	$954	$1,565
Housing units	1,026	1,546
Homeownership rate	69.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome	Sherman
Population	2,073 → 1,910 (-7.9%)	4,549 → 4,211 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $55,777 (+5.7%)	$113,958 → $147,025 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$105,900 → $116,700 (+10.2%)	$244,300 → $291,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $954 (+4.3%)	$928 → $1,565 (+68.6%)

Jerome

Population

2,0731,910

Median household income

$52,750$55,777

Median home value

$105,900$116,700

Median gross rent

$915$954

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)

	Jerome	Sherman
Under 5	5.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	20.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	19.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	12.6%
75 and over	6.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome	Sherman
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome	Sherman
No high school diploma	1.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome	Sherman
Drove alone	82.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome	Sherman
1-unit, detached	91.7%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jerome	Sherman
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1959	2002