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Sheldon town, Wyoming County, NY

2,216 Population
47.4 square miles 46.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wyoming County: 43.3 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,271 ±$3,217 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wyoming County: $36,783 ±$1,781
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,214 ±$4,610 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Wyoming County: $69,110 ±$3,387
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.8% ±5.9% (261  ±135) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Wyoming County: 11.1% † 4,077 (±1.7% / ±622)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.2 minutes ±5.6 (35,095  ±9,025) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Wyoming County: 25.2 407,345 (±1 / ±20,600)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,036 ±101 Number of households
  • Wyoming County: 16,453 ±292
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (2,216  ±272) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Wyoming County: 2.2 36,492 (±0 / ±159)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,090 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Wyoming County: 18,263 ±97
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,900 ±$13,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wyoming County: $162,300 ±$4,225
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.4% ±2.6% (76  ±58.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wyoming County: 8% † 3,148 (±1.4% / ±567.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±4.7% (1,641  ±209.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wyoming County: 87.1% 25,866 (±2.8% / ±835)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13.7% ±3.4% (239  ±65.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming County: 18.2% 5,394 (±1.3% / ±384.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-fifths 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

2.2% ±1.7% (48  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wyoming County: 2.7% 1,070
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±2% (107  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wyoming County: 7.4% 2,399 (±0.7% / ±221)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
107 Total veterans ±41 79 Male ±31 28 Female ±29

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