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Sheldon, IL

1,195 Population
0.8 square miles 1,587.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±8.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Iroquois County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,118 ±$8,636 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iroquois County: $36,404 ±$1,277
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,280 ±$8,146 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iroquois County: $66,255 ±$2,456
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.2% ±11.1% (225  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iroquois County: 12.5% † 3,242 (±1.5% / ±390)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±5.5 (10,900  ±4,052) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iroquois County: 25 282,845 (±1.1 / ±16,655)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

551 ±119 Number of households
  • Iroquois County: 11,443 ±186
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (1,171  ±263) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Iroquois County: 2.3 26,032 (±0 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • 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

598 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Iroquois County: 12,789 ±38
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$78,000 ±$10,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Iroquois County: $137,800 ±$9,776
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.5% ±4.7% (113  ±61.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iroquois County: 8.3% † 2,168 (±1.5% / ±386)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77% ±20.7% (653  ±123.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iroquois County: 89.1% 16,663 (±2.8% / ±536)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.9% ±4.8% (67  ±43) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iroquois County: 18.2% 3,403 (±1.3% / ±234.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about one-fifth 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

0.9% ±1.4% (11  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iroquois County: 3.5% 919
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±3.6% (70  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iroquois County: 6.7% † 1,392 (±0.8% / ±161)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
70 Total veterans ±37 70 Male ±37 N/A Female ±13

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