Holy Cross vs Sherrill

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

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

Holy Cross has the higher population (264 vs 185 in Sherrill). Sherrill has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $47,188 in Holy Cross). Sherrill has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $184,400 in Holy Cross).

Population, income & housing

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
Population	264	185
Median age	48.7 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,188	$91,250
Median home value	$184,400	$214,700
Median gross rent	$334	$825
Housing units	141	81
Homeownership rate	70.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
Population	361 → 264 (-26.9%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $47,188 (-29.7%)	$90,192 → $91,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $184,400 (+39.8%)	$230,000 → $214,700 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	$363 → $334 (-8.0%)	$625 → $825 (+32.0%)

Holy Cross

Population

361264

Median household income

$67,083$47,188

Median home value

$131,900$184,400

Median gross rent

$363$334

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)

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
Under 5	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	9.7%
75 and over	11.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	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	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
Drove alone	82.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	17.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
1-unit, detached	76.6%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Holy Cross	Sherrill
Poverty rate	3.0%	6.5%
Average household size	1.94	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1967	1956