About Sherborn

Sherborn is a very small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 4,200 people and just one neighborhood, Sherborn is the 266th largest community in Massachusetts.

Sherborn is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 95.14% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sherborn is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherborn who work in management occupations (22.70%), sales jobs (18.27%), and healthcare (9.08%).

Also of interest is that Sherborn has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Sherborn is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Sherborn is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Sherborn a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Sherborn has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Sherborn's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Sherborn, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.38 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Sherborn Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Sherborn. 75.62% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sherborn in 2000 was $58,055, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $232,220 for a family of four. However, Sherborn contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sherborn home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sherborn is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sherborn include English, Irish, Italian, German, Polish, Swedish, Russian, French, French Canadian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Sherborn is English. Some people also speak French.