Sherman County vs Wallowa County

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

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

Wallowa County has the higher population (7,532 vs 1,908 in Sherman County). Wallowa County has the higher median household income ($65,559 vs $59,500 in Sherman County). Wallowa County has the higher median home value ($371,900 vs $206,700 in Sherman County).

Population, income & housing

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
Population	1,908	7,532
Median age	45.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,500	$65,559
Median home value	$206,700	$371,900
Median gross rent	$945	$858
Housing units	979	4,334
Homeownership rate	67.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
Population	1,642 → 1,908 (+16.2%)	7,004 → 7,532 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$51,071 → $59,500 (+16.5%)	$51,224 → $65,559 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$159,800 → $206,700 (+29.3%)	$239,100 → $371,900 (+55.5%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $945 (+27.4%)	$681 → $858 (+26.0%)

Sherman County

Population

1,6421,908

Median household income

$51,071$59,500

Median home value

$159,800$206,700

Median gross rent

$742$945

Wallowa County

Population

7,0047,532

Median household income

$51,224$65,559

Median home value

$239,100$371,900

Median gross rent

$681$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	17.7%
75 and over	10.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
Drove alone	69.3%	63.0%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	6.4%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.7%	16.9%
Other means	1.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
1-unit, detached	63.3%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Sherman County	Wallowa County
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1956	1974