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Sheldon, IL

1,309 Population
0.8 square miles 1,738.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Iroquois County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,922 ±$11,549 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Iroquois County: $34,719 ±$1,415
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$43,942 ±$10,613 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iroquois County: $62,439 ±$3,418
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

17.4% ±8.9% (223  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Iroquois County: 13.4% 3,495 (±1.3% / ±337)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

20.7 minutes ±5 (11,735  ±4,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iroquois County: 24.1 269,710 (±1 / ±14,430)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

605 ±106 Number of households
  • Iroquois County: 11,333 ±210
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.1 (1,284  ±234) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iroquois County: 2.3 26,331 (±0 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

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

Housing

630 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Iroquois County: 12,818 ±72
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$75,200 ±$6,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iroquois County: $125,400 ±$7,188
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

6.9% ±3.7% (90  ±51.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iroquois County: 8.6% † 2,284 (±1.3% / ±351.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

77.2% ±4.9% (720  ±128.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iroquois County: 89.1% 16,847 (±2.9% / ±551.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
6.9% ±3.8% (64  ±37.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iroquois County: 16.7% 3,162 (±1.3% / ±246.6)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

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

0.9% ±1.1% (12  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iroquois County: 3.5% 941
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

6.6% ±3.2% (69  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Iroquois County: 7% † 1,465 (±0.9% / ±184)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
69 Total veterans ±35 69 Male ±35 N/A Female ±12

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