As I was reading about the new housing projects that Sherman's city council recently approved, I started thinking about what small improvements could make a big difference in…

Or start one of these

Weather

Forecast →

83°

Partly Cloudy

H 0° · L 75°

Local news

All →

Upcoming events

Nothing on the calendar.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Sherman. Another town gets a different order.

Housing

A typical Sherman home is worth about $253K

The typical Sherman home is worth about $253,000, down 6.8% in a year, 16% below the Texas typical home.

$253KZillow home value

Typical home value

Sherman$253K

Texas$299K

Market temperature

days on market

97.3%

sale-to-list price

−6.8%

value change, 1 year

homes sold in May

Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →

Work & commute

About one in four working residents works right in Sherman

About one in 4 of Sherman’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Denison (9%), Dallas (6%) and Plano (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

28%work in town

Where working residents work

In Sherman28%

Denison9%

Dallas6%

Plano4%

McKinney4%

29 mi

median commute distance

22,727

jobs based in Sherman

Balanced

jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →

Health

Healthier than 42% of U.S. towns

Sherman beats the Texas average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 5.

C+Health Grade

26 measures vs. Texas

1 better20 too close to call5 worse

What stands out	Sherman	TX
Fewer uninsured adults	16.6%	19.1%
More adults with COPD	7.1%	5.7%

Wilson N Jones Regional Medical Center

0.7 mi away · emergency room

3 of 3

care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

60th

percentile among TX towns

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →

Safety

Less crime per resident than 27% of U.S. towns

Sherman reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 73% report less.

CSafety Grade

Violent crime per 1,000 residents

Sherman3

Texas3.5

U.S.3.3

Property crime per 1,000 residents

Sherman16.2

Texas18.1

U.S.15.5

27th

percentile among U.S. towns we grade

25th

percentile among TX towns

155

violent crimes reported in 2025

843

property crimes reported in 2025

FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeFull safety report →

Schools

Sherman’s public schools outperform 31% of Texas districts

The public schools Sherman’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 69% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CSchool Grade

School	Grades	Students	Grade
Dillingham El	K–5	710	Not graded
Henry W Sory El	K–5	619	B
Washington El	K–5	464	B−
Percy W Neblett El	K–5	462	C+
Crutchfield El	K–5	424	C−
Fairview El	K–5	382	B−

NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduationAll 18 schools →

Natural hazards

Low risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 32% of U.S. communities.

32risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Inland floodingTornadoesCold waves

459

paid flood claims since 1979

federal disasters paid out here

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →

Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Sherman has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 34°.

94°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter35–55°

Spring53–73°

Summer72–92°

Fall54–76°

Nov 19

typical first frost

Mar 14

typical last frost

+0.5°

vs. the 20th-century average

94°

typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →

Outdoors

1.6% of Sherman is conserved land

14 miles of trails across 14 parks and preserves.

1.6%conserved

Map of Sherman: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk — Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below

1.6%

conserved · 460 of 29,656 acres

14 mi

of trails · 0.3 per sq mi

Biggest places to walk	Trails	Acres
1. Pecan Grove Park	1 mi	13
2. Old Settlers Park	0.9 mi	28
3. Fairview Park	0.7 mi	58

A growing town

Sherman has grown 13.3% since 2010

38,521 people in 2010; 46,397 today.

38,5212010

43,6452020

46,397Today

U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS

Capt. Noble Allan Birge House · National Register of Historic Places

Sherman’s story

180 years in pictures

4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.

1846Sherman is settled

Explore the history →

Landmarks

4 places in Sherman on the National Register of Historic Places.

All landmarks →

Capt. Noble Allan Birge House

Old Sherman Public Library

Sherman US Post Office and Courthouse

Hall Furniture Building

About Sherman

City in Texas, United States

Official town website ↗

Sherman is a city in and the county seat of Grayson County, Texas, United States and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX-OK combined statistical area. The city's population in 2020 was 43,645. It is one of the two principal cities in the Sherman–Denison metropolitan statistical area, and is the largest city in the Texoma region of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)