Sherwood is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 284 people and just one neighborhood, Sherwood is the 627th largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Sherwood was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Unlike some villages, Sherwood isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Sherwood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sherwood is a village of service providers, managers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherwood who work in healthcare suport services (28.70%), management occupations (11.30%), and maintenance occupations (9.57%).
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Sherwood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Sherwood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small village, Sherwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Sherwood ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 3.27% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sherwood in 2022 was $23,490, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,960 for a family of four. However, Sherwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Sherwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sherwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Sherwood include German, English, Irish, Polish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Sherwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Russian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 90.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 10.2% have Polish ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sherwood are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 6.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.8% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.7% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (15.4%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Sherwood, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report Polish roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.4%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.6%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.