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18,692people live here $75,327median household incomeNear US average $1,702median rent per month▲ 20% above US $432,200median home value▲ 30% above US

Sherrelwood is an unincorporated community in Adams County, CO. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Sherrelwood

Sherrelwood is an unincorporated community in Colorado with schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Sherrelwood deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks.

The good

Average class sizes

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Above-average commute times
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High rent burden for renters

How Sherrelwood compares

Median household income

Sherrelwood$75,327

Colorado avg$95,470

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Sherrelwood$1,702

Colorado avg$1,761

US$1,413

Median home value

Sherrelwood$432,200

Colorado avg$539,400

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Sherrelwood

Based on Sherrelwood's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,404

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $68,080 a year
57% of Sherrelwood renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$86,440

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $43,220
Homes cost 5.7× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 20% above US

$1,702/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,702 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices run above average, with a median around $432,200. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $432,200 · 57% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.2% county unemployment

Unemployment in Adams County is 4.2%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Adams County (county-wide)

Safety

380 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Sherrelwood doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Adams County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 2127/100k · Policed by Adams County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 14% above US

30 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 29.6 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 18% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

65%

Work from home

18%

Carpool

8.6%

Public transit

4.2%

Walk

2.1%

Other

1.9%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 88°F, and winters are cold and harsh, with lows dropping to 19°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 44% below US

20% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 20%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

9 public schools inside the boundary

There are 9 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 17:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Rocky Mountain National Park (51 miles away). There are 2 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Nothing in Sherrelwood's numbers stands out as a clear strength, and the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,702/mo) equals 27% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (18% of workers here already work from home).

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