Forest Grove vs Sherwood

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

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

Forest Grove has the higher population (26,406 vs 20,227 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($110,616 vs $81,998 in Forest Grove). Sherwood has the higher median home value ($564,200 vs $464,300 in Forest Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
Population	26,406	20,227
Median age	34.6 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,998	$110,616
Median home value	$464,300	$564,200
Median gross rent	$1,393	$1,967
Housing units	9,110	7,136
Homeownership rate	62.3%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	49.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
Population	24,457 → 26,406 (+8.0%)	19,625 → 20,227 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$64,172 → $81,998 (+27.8%)	$103,512 → $110,616 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$319,200 → $464,300 (+45.5%)	$405,900 → $564,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,081 → $1,393 (+28.9%)	$1,485 → $1,967 (+32.5%)

Forest Grove

Population

24,45726,406

Median household income

$64,172$81,998

Median home value

$319,200$464,300

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,393

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)

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	24.6%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	18.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	7.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.9%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	60.5%	78.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
No high school diploma	11.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	23.1%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
Drove alone	67.5%	66.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.2%
Public transit	4.6%	0.4%
Walked	6.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	23.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	57.8%	72.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	10.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Forest Grove	Sherwood
Poverty rate	13.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1983	1997