Pawnee vs Sherman

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

Pawnee 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 2,706 in Pawnee). Sherman has the higher median household income ($147,025 vs $77,977 in Pawnee). Sherman has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $151,100 in Pawnee).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee	Sherman
Population	2,706	4,211
Median age	45.4 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,977	$147,025
Median home value	$151,100	$291,300
Median gross rent	$852	$1,565
Housing units	1,281	1,546
Homeownership rate	78.8%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee	Sherman
Population	2,594 → 2,706 (+4.3%)	4,549 → 4,211 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$71,313 → $77,977 (+9.3%)	$113,958 → $147,025 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$127,000 → $151,100 (+19.0%)	$244,300 → $291,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $852 (-6.2%)	$928 → $1,565 (+68.6%)

Pawnee

Population

2,5942,706

Median household income

$71,313$77,977

Median home value

$127,000$151,100

Median gross rent

$908$852

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)

	Pawnee	Sherman
Under 5	5.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	19.1%	19.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.6%
75 and over	6.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee	Sherman
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.7%	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	3.5%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee	Sherman
No high school diploma	6.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee	Sherman
Drove alone	85.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	16.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee	Sherman
1-unit, detached	83.2%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	20.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee	Sherman
Poverty rate	13.0%	0.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1972	2002