Rock Island vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Rock Island and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

Rock Island and Sheridan are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rock Island has the higher population (371 vs 172 in Sheridan). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($47,063 vs $38,409 in Rock Island). Since 2019, Rock Island's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -71.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rock Island	Sheridan
Population	371	172
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$38,409	$47,063
Median home value	—	$128,600
Housing units	252	256
Homeownership rate	79.4%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	27.3%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rock Island	Sheridan
Population	447 → 371 (-17.0%)	595 → 172 (-71.1%)
Median household income	$42,422 → $38,409 (-9.5%)	$71,897 → $47,063 (-34.5%)
Median home value	—	$82,000 → $128,600 (+56.8%)

Rock Island

Population

447371

Median household income

$42,422$38,409

Sheridan

Population

595172

Median household income

$71,897$47,063

Median home value

$82,000$128,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rock Island	Sheridan
Under 5	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	2.7%	30.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	8.1%	22.7%
75 and over	11.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rock Island	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	21.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rock Island	Sheridan
No high school diploma	10.6%	21.7%
High school graduate	33.1%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rock Island	Sheridan
Drove alone	100.0%	71.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	28.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rock Island	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	71.4%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	48.8%

Poverty & households

	Rock Island	Sheridan
Poverty rate	22.6%	34.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	85	—
Median year structure built	1960	1986