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Sheldon town, Franklin County, VT

2,267 Population
38.6 square miles 58.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,352 ±$3,965 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $40,206 ±$1,533
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,533 ±$24,942 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $81,313 ±$4,757
  • a little less than the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±3.4% (116  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 10.3% † 5,142 (±1.5% / ±754)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.2 minutes ±2.4 (28,805  ±7,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 27.1 585,890 (±1.3 / ±37,244)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

913 ±206 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,963 ±397
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.7 (2,256  ±380) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 50,082 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±4.1% (21  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 542 (±1.3% / ±147)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

970 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 23,019 ±59
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$272,400 ±$60,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $306,700 ±$9,604
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±4.1% (146  ±95.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 9.8% † 4,927 (±1.4% / ±719.7)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±23.2% (1,453  ±250.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.4% 33,772 (±3.2% / ±1,145.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±3.5% (228  ±67.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 30.2% 10,921 (±1.9% / ±700.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • 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

3.6% ±2% (81  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 2.2% 1,091
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±2% (108  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 6.9% † 2,719 (±0.8% / ±313)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
108 Total veterans ±40 108 Male ±40 N/A Female ±10

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