Bethany vs Sherwood

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

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

Bethany has the higher population (31,700 vs 20,227 in Sherwood). Bethany has the higher median household income ($164,315 vs $110,616 in Sherwood). Bethany has the higher median home value ($699,200 vs $564,200 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bethany	Sherwood
Population	31,700	20,227
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$164,315	$110,616
Median home value	$699,200	$564,200
Median gross rent	$2,227	$1,967
Housing units	11,335	7,136
Homeownership rate	66.6%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethany	Sherwood
Population	26,501 → 31,700 (+19.6%)	19,625 → 20,227 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$135,800 → $164,315 (+21.0%)	$103,512 → $110,616 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$557,300 → $699,200 (+25.5%)	$405,900 → $564,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,682 → $2,227 (+32.4%)	$1,485 → $1,967 (+32.5%)

Bethany

Population

26,50131,700

Median household income

$135,800$164,315

Median home value

$557,300$699,200

Median gross rent

$1,682$2,227

Sherwood

Population

19,62520,227

Median household income

$103,512$110,616

Median home value

$405,900$564,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethany	Sherwood
Under 5	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.4%	24.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	19.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.9%	18.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	5.9%
75 and over	4.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethany	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	46.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	40.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethany	Sherwood
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	9.4%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	37.8%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethany	Sherwood
Drove alone	56.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	7.2%
Public transit	2.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.0%	23.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethany	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	69.3%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	6.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethany	Sherwood
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	2003	1997