Sheridan vs Westfield

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

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

Westfield has the higher population (51,109 vs 3,355 in Sheridan). Westfield has the higher median household income ($119,598 vs $65,104 in Sheridan). Westfield has the higher median home value ($391,900 vs $177,200 in Sheridan).

Population, income & housing

	Sheridan	Westfield
Population	3,355	51,109
Median age	40.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,104	$119,598
Median home value	$177,200	$391,900
Median gross rent	$788	$1,526
Housing units	1,498	20,038
Homeownership rate	65.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	60.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheridan	Westfield
Population	2,959 → 3,355 (+13.4%)	39,610 → 51,109 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$48,173 → $65,104 (+35.1%)	$98,376 → $119,598 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$128,500 → $177,200 (+37.9%)	$254,800 → $391,900 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $788 (+9.6%)	$1,207 → $1,526 (+26.4%)

Sheridan

Population

2,9593,355

Median household income

$48,173$65,104

Median home value

$128,500$177,200

Median gross rent

$719$788

Westfield

Population

39,61051,109

Median household income

$98,376$119,598

Median home value

$254,800$391,900

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,526

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheridan	Westfield
Under 5	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.9%
75 and over	4.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheridan	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	77.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheridan	Westfield
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	48.3%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheridan	Westfield
Drove alone	69.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	23.7%	8.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.3%	19.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheridan	Westfield
1-unit, detached	77.3%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sheridan	Westfield
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.41	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1967	2008