Greenwood County vs Sherman County

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

Greenwood County and Sherman County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenwood County has the higher population (5,956 vs 5,919 in Sherman County). Sherman County has the higher median household income ($64,444 vs $58,276 in Greenwood County). Sherman County has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $82,600 in Greenwood County).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
Population	5,956	5,919
Median age	48.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,276	$64,444
Median home value	$82,600	$126,300
Median gross rent	$710	$852
Housing units	3,682	2,938
Homeownership rate	79.5%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
Population	6,081 → 5,956 (-2.1%)	5,938 → 5,919 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$41,982 → $58,276 (+38.8%)	$54,754 → $64,444 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $82,600 (+23.8%)	$111,400 → $126,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $710 (+22.8%)	$819 → $852 (+4.0%)

Greenwood County

Population

6,0815,956

Median household income

$41,982$58,276

Median home value

$66,700$82,600

Median gross rent

$578$710

Sherman County

Population

5,9385,919

Median household income

$54,754$64,444

Median home value

$111,400$126,300

Median gross rent

$819$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
Under 5	4.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.1%	10.7%
75 and over	10.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
No high school diploma	7.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
Drove alone	78.8%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.7%	14.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
1-unit, detached	86.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood County	Sherman County
Poverty rate	14.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	24	11
Median year structure built	1958	1967