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Sheldon township, Houston County, MN

280 Population
29.7 square miles 9.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Houston County: 45.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,570 ±$9,581 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Houston County: $44,963 ±$2,676
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$109,531 ±$32,073 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Houston County: $79,825 ±$7,881
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

24.6 minutes ±1.9 (3,250  ±1,109) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Houston County: 23.8 194,785 (±0.9 / ±10,559)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

93 ±22 Number of households
  • Houston County: 8,134 ±170
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.4 (280  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Houston County: 2.3 18,382 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

113 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Houston County: 8,774 ±42
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$427,800 ±$66,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Houston County: $239,000 ±$7,362
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±4.7% (10  ±13.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Houston County: 8.9% † 1,633 (±1.5% / ±273.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±31.2% (152  ±34.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Houston County: 95.4% 12,810 (±3.9% / ±527.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.6% ±9.4% (38  ±17.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houston County: 30.1% 4,043 (±2.4% / ±317.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.2% ±2.9% (10  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Houston County: 6.7% † 984 (±0.8% / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
10 Total veterans ±6 10 Male ±6 N/A Female ±10

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