Dorchester vs Sherwood Shores

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

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

Sherwood Shores has the higher population (839 vs 50 in Dorchester). Sherwood Shores has the higher median household income ($31,000 vs $2,499 in Dorchester). Since 2019, Sherwood Shores's population has grown faster (-7.9% vs -29.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
Population	50	839
Median age	68.3 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$2,499	$31,000
Housing units	36	928
Homeownership rate	91.7%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
Population	71 → 50 (-29.6%)	911 → 839 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$121,250 → $2,499 (-97.9%)	$34,730 → $31,000 (-10.7%)
Median home value	$325,000 → $525,000 (+61.5%)	$83,400 → $91,300 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,075 (+1.1%)	$668 → $763 (+14.2%)

Dorchester

Population

7150

Median household income

$121,250$2,499

Median home value

$325,000$525,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,075

Sherwood Shores

Population

911839

Median household income

$34,730$31,000

Median home value

$83,400$91,300

Median gross rent

$668$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
Under 5	4.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	4.0%	10.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	4.0%	5.4%
35 to 44	4.0%	6.4%
45 to 54	2.0%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	23.5%
65 to 74	44.0%	23.8%
75 and over	20.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.1%
High school graduate	11.1%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	46.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
Drove alone	73.3%	78.5%
Carpooled	26.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
1-unit, detached	27.8%	71.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	72.2%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Dorchester	Sherwood Shores
Poverty rate	42.0%	22.4%
Average household size	1.39	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	2013	1994