Rickardsville vs Sherrill

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

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

Rickardsville has the higher population (264 vs 185 in Sherrill). Rickardsville has the higher median household income ($96,111 vs $91,250 in Sherrill). Rickardsville has the higher median home value ($244,100 vs $214,700 in Sherrill).

Population, income & housing

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
Population	264	185
Median age	38.0 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,111	$91,250
Median home value	$244,100	$214,700
Median gross rent	—	$825
Housing units	100	81
Homeownership rate	98.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
Population	187 → 264 (+41.2%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$81,875 → $96,111 (+17.4%)	$90,192 → $91,250 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $244,100 (+34.2%)	$230,000 → $214,700 (-6.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $825 (+32.0%)

Rickardsville

Population

187264

Median household income

$81,875$96,111

Median home value

$181,900$244,100

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)

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	23.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	6.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.7%
75 and over	5.7%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	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	1.9%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
No high school diploma	2.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
Drove alone	72.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
1-unit, detached	93.0%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rickardsville	Sherrill
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1974	1956