Bernard vs Sherrill

A side-by-side comparison of Bernard and Sherrill: population, income, housing, and more.

Bernard and Sherrill are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sherrill has the higher population (185 vs 101 in Bernard). Sherrill has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $63,750 in Bernard). Sherrill has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $165,600 in Bernard).

Population, income & housing

	Bernard	Sherrill
Population	101	185
Median age	29.8 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$91,250
Median home value	$165,600	$214,700
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	46	81
Homeownership rate	97.8%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bernard	Sherrill
Population	159 → 101 (-36.5%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$51,667 → $63,750 (+23.4%)	$90,192 → $91,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $165,600 (+51.1%)	$230,000 → $214,700 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $650 (+7.4%)	$625 → $825 (+32.0%)

Bernard

Population

159101

Median household income

$51,667$63,750

Median home value

$109,600$165,600

Median gross rent

$605$650

Sherrill

Population

223185

Median household income

$90,192$91,250

Median home value

$230,000$214,700

Median gross rent

$625$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bernard	Sherrill
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	23.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	32.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	3.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.0%	9.7%
75 and over	5.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bernard	Sherrill
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bernard	Sherrill
No high school diploma	1.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	42.1%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bernard	Sherrill
Drove alone	85.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bernard	Sherrill
1-unit, detached	87.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bernard	Sherrill
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1949	1956