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Outdoors in Sherman
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Sherman US Post Office and Courthouse
The Paul Brown Federal Building and United States Courthouse, also known as Sherman U.S. Federal Building, is a historic government building in Sherman, Texas. It was built during 1906-1907 and reflects Renaissance Revival architecture.
About Sherman
City in Texas, United StatesSherman 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.
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How Sherman ranks
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Housing in Sherman
The typical Sherman home is worth about $253,000, down 6.8% in a year, 16% below the Texas typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in Sherman
Safety Grade C
Sherman reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 73% report less.
Work & commute in Sherman
Full picture →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.
Health in Sherman
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 42% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates, and 67% of towns with similar incomes.
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 20 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Sherman
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 32% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Sherman
Full climate →Sherman has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 34°.
Schools in Sherman
All Sherman schools →School Grade C
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.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
Sherman is a college town
Colleges →of Sherman’s residents are enrolled in college. Austin College has about 1,136 students on campus.
Sherman’s library
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