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Sherman town, Iron County, WI

381 Population
118.4 square miles 3.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 56.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,756 ±$5,725 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iron County: $38,274 ±$1,858
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,063 ±$10,622 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Iron County: $60,625 ±$3,162
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±8.1% (45  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 10.5% † 635 (±1.4% / ±86)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±2.4 (2,820  ±1,102) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iron County: 21.9 54,850 (±1.7 / ±4,964)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

223 ±45 Number of households
  • Iron County: 3,109 ±149
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0.5 (381  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iron County: 2 6,107 (±0.1 / ±14)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±9.7% (2  ±3) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Iron County: 7.6% † 76 (±2.9% / ±29)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

521 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Iron County: 5,566 ±59
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$298,100 ±$74,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Iron County: $165,900 ±$7,990
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.4% ±6.7% (32  ±26.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iron County: 6.4% † 394 (±1.8% / ±110.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.9% ±25.1% (344  ±59.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Iron County: 95.2% 4,739 (±4.1% / ±206.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.3% ±8.4% (109  ±35.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iron County: 26% 1,293 (±2.3% / ±112.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.5% ±1.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Iron County: 1.5% 91
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.9% ±4.7% (52  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iron County: 9.5% † 497 (±1.2% / ±62)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
52 Total veterans ±19 46 Male ±17 6 Female ±8

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