Cedar Mill vs Sherwood

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

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

Sherwood has the higher population (20,227 vs 19,482 in Cedar Mill). Cedar Mill has the higher median household income ($167,037 vs $110,616 in Sherwood). Cedar Mill has the higher median home value ($839,200 vs $564,200 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
Population	19,482	20,227
Median age	37.9 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$167,037	$110,616
Median home value	$839,200	$564,200
Median gross rent	$1,780	$1,967
Housing units	6,633	7,136
Homeownership rate	77.2%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
Population	17,659 → 19,482 (+10.3%)	19,625 → 20,227 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$145,057 → $167,037 (+15.2%)	$103,512 → $110,616 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$598,500 → $839,200 (+40.2%)	$405,900 → $564,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,382 → $1,780 (+28.8%)	$1,485 → $1,967 (+32.5%)

Cedar Mill

Population

17,65919,482

Median household income

$145,057$167,037

Median home value

$598,500$839,200

Median gross rent

$1,382$1,780

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)

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
Under 5	7.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.8%	24.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.9%
75 and over	4.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	78.2%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	17.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
No high school diploma	3.3%	3.7%
High school graduate	10.4%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
Drove alone	58.4%	66.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.2%
Public transit	2.8%	0.4%
Walked	0.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.7%	23.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	74.0%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	7.8%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Mill	Sherwood
Poverty rate	8.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1992	1997