Best PlacesSherwood, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sherwood, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Sherwood ranks 215th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sherwood
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Sherwood
The parts of Sherwood, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Sherwood-Tualatin North
Sherwood-Tualatin South
Far West
Scores across Sherwood run from about the 71st to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Sherwood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sherwood ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 99% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 91% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of cities
Where Sherwood ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,631 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 34% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 42% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 44% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 45% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Sherwood
A household needs to earn about $178,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sherwood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $129,244, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Sherwood's effective rate of 0.87%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Sherwood
Sherwood's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sherwood.
Who works in Sherwood, and how
Work in Sherwood centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 26%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sherwood
Sherwood has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 82% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sherwood and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sherwood, month by month
Sherwood sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 42° | 35° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 55° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Sherwood
Portland International sits about 20 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 9.1 million passengers in 2025, with 117 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Sherwood
Schools across Sherwood average an A−, better than 87% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Scholls Heights Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Mary Woodward Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Ridges Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sherwood Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Conestoga Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Thomas R Fowler Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Sherwood High SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- Southridge High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Tualatin High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sherwood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sherwood measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Sherwood against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Sherwood suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 26% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Sherwood
Is Sherwood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sherwood ranks 215th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on childcare costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sherwood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $673,052. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $129,244 median income, cost of living beats 77% of cities.
Is Sherwood safe?
Yes, Sherwood is safer than 66% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $346 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sherwood?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 50 with lows near 35. That works out to about 110 pleasant days a year, more than 66% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Sherwood?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Sherwood-Tualatin North, Sherwood-Tualatin South, and Far West. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Sherwood with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sherwood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sherwood represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Sherwood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sherwood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sherwood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sherwood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sherwood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sherwood detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.