Mount Sidney vs Sherando

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Sidney and Sherando: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Sidney and Sherando are places in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mount Sidney has the higher population (657 vs 246 in Sherando). Mount Sidney has the higher median household income ($87,076 vs $69,250 in Sherando). Mount Sidney has the higher median home value ($347,200 vs $210,700 in Sherando).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
Population	657	246
Median age	45.0 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,076	$69,250
Median home value	$347,200	$210,700
Median gross rent	$727	—
Housing units	343	124
Homeownership rate	51.7%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
Population	442 → 657 (+48.6%)	569 → 246 (-56.8%)
Median household income	$96,500 → $87,076 (-9.8%)	$61,583 → $69,250 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$216,000 → $347,200 (+60.7%)	$179,900 → $210,700 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $727 (+37.7%)	—

Mount Sidney

Population

442657

Median household income

$96,500$87,076

Median home value

$216,000$347,200

Median gross rent

$528$727

Sherando

Population

569246

Median household income

$61,583$69,250

Median home value

$179,900$210,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
Under 5	4.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.2%
18 to 24	14.3%	12.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	5.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	27.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	34.6%
75 and over	2.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
White (non-Hispanic)	66.5%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
No high school diploma	7.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	30.0%	68.5%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
Drove alone	96.0%	67.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	29.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	37.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Sidney	Sherando
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1988	1984