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Population (year 2000): 11,791. Estimated
population in July 2005: 15,398 (+30.6% change)
Males: 5,758 (48.8%), Females: 6,033 (51.2%)
Washington County
Zip code:
97140
Median resident age: 31.4 years
Median household income: $62,518 (year 2000)
Median house value: $187,500 (year 2000)
Races in Sherwood:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.1%)
- Hispanic (4.7%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
Ancestries: German (27.2%), Irish (18.3%),
English (16.9%), United States (7.3%), Italian (6.3%), Norwegian
(5.3%).
Elevation: 205 feet
Land area: 4.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sherwood
- High school or higher: 94.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
- Unemployed: 3.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sherwood city
- Never married: 16.3%
- Now married: 70.0%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 3.6%
- Divorced: 9.5%
4.5% Foreign born (1.5% Europe, 1.4% Latin
America, 1.2% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +8,560
(+264.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sherwood:
- LEGACY MERIDIAN PARK HOSPITAL (about 6 miles;
TUALATIN, OR)
- PROVIDENCE NEWBERG HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
NEWBERG, OR)
- PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER (about 11
miles; PORTLAND, OR)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sherwood:
- MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 24 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR;
ID: MMV)
- PORTLAND INTL (about 24 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID:
PDX)
- MCNARY FLD (about 34 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sherwood:
- STARK'S TWIN OAKS AIRPARK (about 8 miles; HILLSBORO,
OR; ID: 7S3)
- SPORTSMAN AIRPARK (about 9 miles; NEWBERG, OR; ID:
2S6)
- AURORA STATE (about 11 miles; AURORA, OR; ID: UAO)
Amtrak stations near Sherwood:
- 17 miles: PORTLAND (800 NW 6TH AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
full-service food facilities, paid short-term parking,
paid long-term parking, call for car rental service,
taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit
connection.
- 17 miles: OREGON CITY (1757 WASHINGTON ST.)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sherwood:
- GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY (about 10 miles; NEWBERG, OR;
Full-time enrollment: 2,032)
- LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 12 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)
- PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 13,255)
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND (about 18 miles; PORTLAND,
OR; FT enrollment: 2,683)
- CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; OREGON
CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
- CLARK COLLEGE (about 24 miles; VANCOUVER, WA; FT
enrollment: 5,106)
- CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; SALEM,
OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
Public high school in Sherwood:
- SHERWOOD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 816;
Location: 1155 MEINECKE RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Sherwood:
- SHERWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 807;
Location: 400 N SHERWOOD BLVD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MIDDLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 652;
Location: 23505 SW OLD HWY 99W; Grades: KG - 05)
- ARCHER GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 560;
Location: 16155 SW SUNSET BLVD; Grades: KG - 05)
- J CLYDE HOPKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
550; Location: 800 N SHERWOOD BLVD; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Sherwood:
- SHERWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$433,225; Location: 955 N. SHERWOOD BLVD; 22,040 books;
1,225 audio materials; 1,813 video materials; 118 serial
subscriptions)
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