Sherwood vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (1,814 vs 388 in Sherwood). Union City has the higher median household income ($57,016 vs $56,645 in Sherwood). Union City has the higher median home value ($107,000 vs $72,500 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Sherwood	Union City
Population	388	1,814
Median age	34.7 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,645	$57,016
Median home value	$72,500	$107,000
Median gross rent	$738	$783
Housing units	134	810
Homeownership rate	87.4%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sherwood	Union City
Population	353 → 388 (+9.9%)	1,665 → 1,814 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $56,645 (+27.7%)	$46,417 → $57,016 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $72,500 (+39.2%)	$77,000 → $107,000 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $738 (+0.0%)	$640 → $783 (+22.3%)

Sherwood

Population

353388

Median household income

$44,375$56,645

Median home value

$52,100$72,500

Median gross rent

$738$738

Union City

Population

1,6651,814

Median household income

$46,417$57,016

Median home value

$77,000$107,000

Median gross rent

$640$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sherwood	Union City
Under 5	2.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.5%	23.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	7.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	4.1%
75 and over	3.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sherwood	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.8%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	15.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sherwood	Union City
No high school diploma	24.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	48.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sherwood	Union City
Drove alone	79.5%	75.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.7%
Other means	4.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sherwood	Union City
1-unit, detached	85.1%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Sherwood	Union City
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.7%
Average household size	3.06	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1938	1948