Pierson vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Pierson and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheridan has the higher population (816 vs 139 in Pierson). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($56,786 vs $41,250 in Pierson). Sheridan has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $92,500 in Pierson).

Population, income & housing

	Pierson	Sheridan
Population	139	816
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$56,786
Median home value	$92,500	$140,600
Median gross rent	$825	$777
Housing units	55	353
Homeownership rate	72.7%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierson	Sheridan
Population	173 → 139 (-19.7%)	622 → 816 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$37,750 → $41,250 (+9.3%)	$51,500 → $56,786 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$65,800 → $92,500 (+40.6%)	$93,100 → $140,600 (+51.0%)
Median gross rent	$760 → $825 (+8.6%)	$696 → $777 (+11.6%)

Pierson

Population

173139

Median household income

$37,750$41,250

Median home value

$65,800$92,500

Median gross rent

$760$825

Sheridan

Population

622816

Median household income

$51,500$56,786

Median home value

$93,100$140,600

Median gross rent

$696$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierson	Sheridan
Under 5	1.4%	12.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	16.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	5.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.7%
75 and over	6.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierson	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	93.5%
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	2.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierson	Sheridan
No high school diploma	20.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	48.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierson	Sheridan
Drove alone	80.6%	91.1%
Carpooled	14.5%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierson	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	78.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Pierson	Sheridan
Poverty rate	29.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1946	1961