City safety & data profile

ShermanTX

Sherman, TX is a 41K-resident city in Grayson County with a median household income of $58,859.

Grayson County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Sherman, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Sherman has a population larger than 74% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $243,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

41K
Population (place)
Top 26%
By size
$58,859
Median income (place)
$243,500
Median home (place)
12.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Sherman

Sherman posts a median household income higher than 20% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Sherman area.

Bottom 21%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Sherman

Where Sherman income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$58,859 Bottom 20% higher than 20% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Sherman $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Sherman, TX beyond the headline numbers

Sherman sits inside Grayson County, Texas, at roughly 33.64°N, -96.61°W. Population 40,667, $58,859 median household income. Median home value $243,500, median rent $1,324. Poverty rate 12.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Sherman, 2.5/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

Poverty in Sherman, TX stands at 12.7%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Sherman runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 11.2% of Sherman workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.6% in Sherman, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sherman's median age is 35.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Sherman from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
40,667
Sherman · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$58,859
-34% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$243,500
-41% vs avg
Median Age (place)
35.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Grayson County): Sherman's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
143K+18%
Median Income
$72,182+55%
Median Home Value
$248,400+138%
Poverty Rate
11.2%-29%
Unemployment
3.1%-68%

Economics

Economics indicators for Sherman, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,324/mo
Poverty Rate
12.7%
Unemployment 2.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.2%
Work From Home 11.2%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 67.2%
African American 9.5%
Asian 2.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
41.7%
High Blood Pressure
34.9%
Obesity
34.3%
Physical Inactivity
28.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.5%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.6%
Current Smoking
14.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
14%
Diabetes
12.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 53.1%
Annual Checkup 74.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.3%
Stroke
3.6%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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1
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0
Average Rating
2.5/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL AT SHERMA
SHERMAN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
WILSON N JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
SHERMAN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Sherman?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Sherman right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-SHERMAN · Sherman

Sherman: 2 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 2 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ San Jose

Tagged alert mix: Sherman

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 2 tagged notices on record for Sherman.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: San Jose, CA (2 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Sherman; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (2 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

San Jose, CA 2 alerts Fresno, CA 2 alerts Pittsburgh, PA 2 alerts York, PA 2 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Sherman, TX? ▼
Sherman, TX has a population of 40,667 people, located in Grayson County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Sherman? ▼
The median household income in Sherman, TX is $58,859 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.7%.
What is the median home value in Sherman? ▼
The median home value in Sherman, TX is $243,500. Median rent is $1,324/month.
What are the top health concerns in Sherman? ▼
The top health indicators in Sherman include Short Sleep Duration (41.7%), High Blood Pressure (34.9%), Obesity (34.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Sherman? ▼
Sherman has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 2.5/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Sherman? ▼
The median age in Sherman, TX is 35.3 years. 24.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Sherman, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (12.7% here).

Portland, OR 12.7% Lincoln, NE 12.7% Hampton, VA 12.7% Rialto, CA 12.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($58,859 here).

Bartlesville, OK $58,869 Norfolk, NE $58,884 Tavares, FL $58,886 Covington, GA $58,810

Compare Sherman with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Denison, TX 23K Anna, TX 11K Durant, OK 17K Bonham, TX 10K McKinney, TX 163K Prosper, TX 16K Fairview, TX 10K Gainesville, TX 16K
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Using Sherman's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Sherman area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Sherman against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Grayson County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.