Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,653/15,637
Economy48#8,077/15,631
Housing23#11,572/14,977
Health29#11,044/15,609
Healthcare10#14,089/15,650
Environment43#8,815/15,453
Education38#9,685/15,649
Infrastructure45#8,558/15,650
Community36#10,061/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,248/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sherman, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Grayson County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New homes permitted · high21.7 /1k
96/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Job growth · high3.4%
95/100Texas 0.6%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGrayson County value
Child care cost burden · low21.1%
91/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrayson County value
Natural hazard risk · low5.9
91/100Texas 39.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyGrayson County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low133 min
79/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesGrayson County value
Unemployment rate · low2.6%
76/100Texas 4.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGrayson County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.4%
5/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Preventable hospital stays · high4,287 /100k
6/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrayson County value
Mammography screening · low37.0%
11/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGrayson County value
High ozone days · high6 days
13/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGrayson County value
High school diploma or higher · low88.8%
14/100Texas 86.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
42,432 (2015-2019) → 46,397 (2020-2024)
+9.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.5% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.7× (2015-2019) → 4.1× (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
49.4% (2015-2019) → 56.5% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
24.1% (2015-2019) → 19.1% (2020-2024)
−5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,397 (2015-2019) → $58,859 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Sherman, Texas improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Broadband+18 points73.5% → 91.4%
Bachelor's++3.4 points20.8% → 24.2%
Household income+24%$47,397 → $58,859

Declined2

Price / income+1.5×2.7× → 4.1×
Rent / income+4.6 points29.7% → 34.3%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Sherman, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.8 min2015-2019	23.2 min2020-2024	+2.3 min	Within the margin of error	24%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Improved	55%
Broadband subscriptions	73.5%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+18 points	Improved	86%
Child poverty rate	24.1%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Effective property tax rate	1.32%2015-2019	1.40%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	85.6%2015-2019	88.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	10%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.4442020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$47,3972015-2019	$58,8592020-2024	+24%	Improved	42%
Poverty rate	16.1%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	34.3%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Declined	24%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	56.5%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	3.7%2015-2019	2.6%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.9%2015-2019	20.4%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	64%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Sherman, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sherman, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Sherman, Texas itself moved −6.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

46,397 residents (±42)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 women (−1.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

46,397 residents (±42)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

White61%28,321
Black9.4%4,346
Hispanic or Latino21%9,819

Education

30,573 residents (±795)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma11%3,424
High school or GED31%9,434
Some college23%7,078

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

18,304 households (±516)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k14%2,558
$25k–50k27%4,960
$50k–75k21%3,817
$75k–100k11%2,103
$100k–150k16%2,959
$150k–200k5.2%954
$200k or more5.2%953

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

18,304 households (±516)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Own53%9,641
Rent47%8,663

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

8,458 households (±672)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Under $7504.8%†408
$750–1,00015%1,229
$1,000–1,50049%4,170

Home values

9,641 homes (±633)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k27%2,642
$150k–250k24%2,311
$250k–400k29%2,794

Age of homes

19,846 homes (±537)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later14%2,854
2000–200912%2,295
1980–199925%4,875

Size of homes

19,846 homes (±537)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Studio2.3%†466
1 bedroom9.4%1,869
2 bedrooms28%5,584

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

22,424 workers (±970)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone75%16,889
Carpool10%2,261
Public transit0.2%†46
Walk1.6%†362
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%2,509
Other1.6%†357

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

19,915 workers (±979)

Sherman, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min42%8,440
15–29 min32%6,321
30–44 min12%2,343

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Sherman-Denison, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Grayson County, the county holding most of Sherman's residents.

Grayson County has 2,899 employer establishments, 197 for every 10,000 residents (0.79× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Texas's), with 42,994 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,910. The Census Bureau also counts 13,749 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,899; 13,749 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 197; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 42,994
Average annual pay: $49,910; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Grayson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	305	20.7	1.00×About typical	3,352	$73,161	507
Restaurants and other eating places	212	14.4	0.78×Fewer than typical	4,263	$21,733	76
Specialty trade contractors	191	13	0.84×About typical	1,831	$65,607	1,577
Lessors of real estate	124	8.4	0.68×Fewer than typical	276	$41,707	1,180
Offices of physicians	113	7.7	1.19×About typical	1,385	$108,249	98
Religious organizations	111	7.5	1.36×More than typical	687	$23,916	—
Limited-service restaurants	103	7	0.87×About typical	2,296	$19,443	29
Building equipment contractors	97	6.6	1.10×About typical	1,099	$63,652	287
Legal services	75	5.1	0.95×About typical	343	$58,612	98
Construction of buildings	72	4.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	355	$75,282	681
Full-service restaurants	70	4.8	0.62×Fewer than typical	1,647	$24,455	40
Automotive repair and maintenance	69	4.7	0.93×About typical	515	$42,093	252

Rank places for an industry Open Grayson County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 147,072 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $219.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Sherman, Texas: $4.74 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $219.9K; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.74; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$112.6K51%
Public Buildings Service$83.4K38%
Defense Logistics Agency$16.2K7.3%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$7,7823.5%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

133.3KFY2017
506.4KFY2018
386.6KFY2019
839.4KFY2020
35.4KFY2021
806.8KFY2022
30.6KFY2023
317.9K

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$91.1K41%
Facilities support services · 5612$83.4K38%
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying · 2123$15.4K7.0%
Plastics product manufacturing · 3261$14K6.4%
Pesticide, fertilizer, and other agricultural chemical manufacturing · 3253$7,7823.5%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Sherman, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Sherman, Texas's figures are part of those of Grayson County, TX ($3.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 6.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Sherman is mostly in Grayson County.

See federal money in Grayson County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Sherman, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Pat FallonR-TX-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Grayson County44100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Sherman-Denison, TX34

Other cities and towns in Grayson County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

JSON · /api/v1/places/4867496

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends