Brillion vs Sherwood

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

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

Brillion has the higher population (3,307 vs 3,231 in Sherwood). Sherwood has the higher median household income ($114,205 vs $67,122 in Brillion). Sherwood has the higher median home value ($335,100 vs $195,000 in Brillion).

Population, income & housing

	Brillion	Sherwood
Population	3,307	3,231
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,122	$114,205
Median home value	$195,000	$335,100
Median gross rent	$830	$1,208
Housing units	1,496	1,244
Homeownership rate	75.7%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brillion	Sherwood
Population	3,126 → 3,307 (+5.8%)	2,959 → 3,231 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$67,763 → $67,122 (-0.9%)	$106,750 → $114,205 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$129,100 → $195,000 (+51.0%)	$238,900 → $335,100 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $830 (+17.7%)	$842 → $1,208 (+43.5%)

Brillion

Population

3,1263,307

Median household income

$67,763$67,122

Median home value

$129,100$195,000

Median gross rent

$705$830

Sherwood

Population

2,9593,231

Median household income

$106,750$114,205

Median home value

$238,900$335,100

Median gross rent

$842$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brillion	Sherwood
Under 5	2.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.6%
75 and over	9.0%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brillion	Sherwood
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brillion	Sherwood
No high school diploma	10.8%	1.5%
High school graduate	44.9%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brillion	Sherwood
Drove alone	83.3%	79.6%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brillion	Sherwood
1-unit, detached	76.2%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Brillion	Sherwood
Poverty rate	13.0%	3.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1971	2001