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Sheldon, IA

5,386 Population
4.8 square miles 1,121.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in O'Brien County: 39.8 ±0.7
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,568 ±$3,125 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in O'Brien County: $34,346 ±$1,635
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$68,448 ±$13,050 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in O'Brien County: $68,216 ±$5,498
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

16.3% ±6.2% (850  ±325) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in O'Brien County: 13.8% † 1,910 (±2.9% / ±403)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

16.8 minutes ±2.6 (43,075  ±8,173) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in O'Brien County: 18.4 118,010 (±1.2 / ±10,003)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,086 ±158 Number of households
  • O'Brien County: 5,791 ±231
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.4 ±0.2 (5,098  ±64) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in O'Brien County: 2.4 13,685 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.4% ±6.3% (64  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in O'Brien County: 8.9% † 248 (±3.3% / ±92)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,437 ±164 Number of housing units
  • O'Brien County: 6,544 ±37
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$173,600 ±$20,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in O'Brien County: $158,900 ±$9,123
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

15.9% ±6.2% (851  ±331) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in O'Brien County: 13.2% † 1,840 (±2.7% / ±375.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

86.2% ±10.6% (3,129  ±410.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in O'Brien County: 90.3% 8,711 (±5.2% / ±504.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
20.9% ±5.7% (759  ±211.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in O'Brien County: 22.5% † 2,167 (±2.8% / ±269.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.8% ±2.6% (472  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in O'Brien County: 4.2% 586
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

3.8% ±2.3% (153  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in O'Brien County: 6% † 639 (±1.2% / ±124)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
153 Total veterans ±91 135 Male ±86 18 Female ±23

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