Sherwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 21,546 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Sherwood is the 18th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sherwood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sherwood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.25%), sales jobs (15.84%), and management occupations (9.97%).

Residents of Sherwood by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 99% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Sherwood may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Sherwood is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Sherwood Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Sherwood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.83% of adults in Sherwood have a college degree.

The per capita income in Sherwood in 2000 was $21,515, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $86,060 for a family of four.

Sherwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sherwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sherwood is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sherwood include German, English, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Sherwood is English.