Fishers vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Fishers and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

Fishers and Sheridan are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fishers has the higher population (100,918 vs 3,355 in Sheridan). Fishers has the higher median household income ($128,141 vs $65,104 in Sheridan). Fishers has the higher median home value ($370,200 vs $177,200 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Fishers	Sheridan
Population	100,918	3,355
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,141	$65,104
Median home value	$370,200	$177,200
Median gross rent	$1,491	$788
Housing units	38,084	1,498
Homeownership rate	76.1%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	22.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishers	Sheridan
Population	90,332 → 100,918 (+11.7%)	2,959 → 3,355 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$109,454 → $128,141 (+17.1%)	$48,173 → $65,104 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$264,200 → $370,200 (+40.1%)	$128,500 → $177,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,491 (+19.3%)	$719 → $788 (+9.6%)

Fishers

Population

90,332100,918

Median household income

$109,454$128,141

Median home value

$264,200$370,200

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,491

Sheridan

Population

2,9593,355

Median household income

$48,173$65,104

Median home value

$128,500$177,200

Median gross rent

$719$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishers	Sheridan
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	13.1%
75 and over	4.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishers	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	95.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishers	Sheridan
No high school diploma	2.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	10.9%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishers	Sheridan
Drove alone	70.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishers	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	76.1%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Fishers	Sheridan
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.74	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	2002	1967