Pottsboro vs Sherman

A side-by-side comparison of Pottsboro and Sherman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sherman has the higher population (45,036 vs 2,624 in Pottsboro). Pottsboro has the higher median household income ($75,909 vs $60,935 in Sherman). Pottsboro has the higher median home value ($246,300 vs $219,300 in Sherman).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsboro	Sherman
Population	2,624	45,036
Median age	40.7 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,909	$60,935
Median home value	$246,300	$219,300
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,177
Housing units	1,052	18,987
Homeownership rate	71.7%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsboro	Sherman
Population	2,465 → 2,624 (+6.5%)	42,432 → 45,036 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $75,909 (+8.4%)	$47,397 → $60,935 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $246,300 (+38.3%)	$126,200 → $219,300 (+73.8%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,233 (+52.4%)	$880 → $1,177 (+33.8%)

Pottsboro

Population

2,4652,624

Median household income

$70,000$75,909

Median home value

$178,100$246,300

Median gross rent

$809$1,233

Sherman

Population

42,43245,036

Median household income

$47,397$60,935

Median home value

$126,200$219,300

Median gross rent

$880$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottsboro	Sherman
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.8%
75 and over	4.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsboro	Sherman
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	60.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	22.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsboro	Sherman
No high school diploma	4.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsboro	Sherman
Drove alone	71.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.9%
Other means	3.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsboro	Sherman
1-unit, detached	85.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Pottsboro	Sherman
Poverty rate	7.9%	11.9%
Average household size	2.64	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1991	1978