Defiance vs Sherwood

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

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

Defiance has the higher population (16,830 vs 770 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($75,147 vs $63,118 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median home value ($134,600 vs $128,500 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Sherwood
Population	16,830	770
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,118	$75,147
Median home value	$134,600	$128,500
Median gross rent	$841	$790
Housing units	7,924	307
Homeownership rate	68.4%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Sherwood
Population	16,990 → 16,830 (-0.9%)	821 → 770 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$49,628 → $63,118 (+27.2%)	$44,167 → $75,147 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$112,900 → $134,600 (+19.2%)	$78,300 → $128,500 (+64.1%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $841 (+16.2%)	$605 → $790 (+30.6%)

Defiance

Population

16,99016,830

Median household income

$49,628$63,118

Median home value

$112,900$134,600

Median gross rent

$724$841

Sherwood

Population

821770

Median household income

$44,167$75,147

Median home value

$78,300$128,500

Median gross rent

$605$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Sherwood
Under 5	6.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	29.4%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	21.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	5.3%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.8%
75 and over	8.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	80.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Sherwood
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.0%
High school graduate	37.3%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Sherwood
Drove alone	85.8%	86.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	73.2%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Sherwood
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1963	1961