Coldwater vs Sherwood

A side-by-side comparison of Coldwater and Sherwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Coldwater and Sherwood are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coldwater has the higher population (13,847 vs 388 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($56,645 vs $50,084 in Coldwater). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $72,500 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Sherwood
Population	13,847	388
Median age	40.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,084	$56,645
Median home value	$120,900	$72,500
Median gross rent	$912	$738
Housing units	4,980	134
Homeownership rate	61.3%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Sherwood
Population	12,241 → 13,847 (+13.1%)	353 → 388 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$43,200 → $50,084 (+15.9%)	$44,375 → $56,645 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $120,900 (+37.1%)	$52,100 → $72,500 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $912 (+23.2%)	$738 → $738 (+0.0%)

Coldwater

Population

12,24113,847

Median household income

$43,200$50,084

Median home value

$88,200$120,900

Median gross rent

$740$912

Sherwood

Population

353388

Median household income

$44,375$56,645

Median home value

$52,100$72,500

Median gross rent

$738$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Sherwood
Under 5	5.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	24.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.7%
75 and over	6.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Sherwood
No high school diploma	12.9%	24.9%
High school graduate	37.6%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Sherwood
Drove alone	76.6%	79.5%
Carpooled	13.7%	12.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.1%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	53.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	14.9%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Sherwood
Poverty rate	19.9%	14.7%
Average household size	2.63	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1967	1938