Sherwood vs Tigard

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

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

Tigard has the higher population (55,395 vs 20,227 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($110,616 vs $105,008 in Tigard). Tigard has the higher median home value ($585,700 vs $564,200 in Sherwood).

Population, income & housing

	Sherwood	Tigard
Population	20,227	55,395
Median age	36.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$110,616	$105,008
Median home value	$564,200	$585,700
Median gross rent	$1,967	$1,732
Housing units	7,136	23,512
Homeownership rate	73.9%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sherwood	Tigard
Population	19,625 → 20,227 (+3.1%)	53,312 → 55,395 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$103,512 → $110,616 (+6.9%)	$79,809 → $105,008 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$405,900 → $564,200 (+39.0%)	$408,400 → $585,700 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,967 (+32.5%)	$1,243 → $1,732 (+39.3%)

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

Tigard

Population

53,31255,395

Median household income

$79,809$105,008

Median home value

$408,400$585,700

Median gross rent

$1,243$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sherwood	Tigard
Under 5	4.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	14.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	18.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	7.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	5.9%	10.7%
75 and over	4.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sherwood	Tigard
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	68.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	3.9%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	9.0%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sherwood	Tigard
No high school diploma	3.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	13.7%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sherwood	Tigard
Drove alone	66.5%	62.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.6%
Public transit	0.4%	2.9%
Walked	2.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.7%	24.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sherwood	Tigard
1-unit, detached	72.0%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	12.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Sherwood	Tigard
Poverty rate	4.0%	7.9%
Average household size	2.87	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1997	1988