Sherwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 33,118 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Sherwood is the 13th largest community in Arkansas. Sherwood real estate is some of the most expensive in Arkansas, although Sherwood house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sherwood is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sherwood is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sherwood who work in office and administrative support (16.52%), management occupations (11.12%), and healthcare (9.27%). Also of interest is that Sherwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.80% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Sherwood is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.The education level of Sherwood citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.49% of adults in Sherwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Sherwood in 2022 was $39,747, which is wealthy relative to Arkansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,988 for a family of four. However, Sherwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Sherwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sherwood include Irish, English, German, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Sherwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
