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Sheldon, IA

5,474 Population
4.8 square miles 1,139.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in O'Brien County: 39.5 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,893 ±$3,370 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in O'Brien County: $35,198 ±$1,453
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$62,159 ±$13,185 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in O'Brien County: $68,356 ±$4,388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

15.3% ±4.8% (808  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in O'Brien County: 13.3% † 1,841 (±2.7% / ±370)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

16.6 minutes ±2.6 (44,195  ±8,396) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in O'Brien County: 19 122,135 (±1.6 / ±11,956)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

2,195 ±176 Number of households
  • O'Brien County: 5,809 ±230
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.2 (5,164  ±99) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in O'Brien County: 2.4 13,697 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

5.2% ±5.9% (66  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in O'Brien County: 8.3% † 233 (±3.2% / ±91)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

2,553 ±192 Number of housing units
  • O'Brien County: 6,564 ±32
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$192,700 ±$21,502 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in O'Brien County: $173,100 ±$9,272
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

22.1% ±8.2% (1,203  ±445.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in O'Brien County: 15% † 2,094 (±3.4% / ±480.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

85.2% ±9.6% (3,187  ±403.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in O'Brien County: 90.5% 8,728 (±5% / ±487.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
20.8% ±5.3% (778  ±202.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in O'Brien County: 22.1% † 2,126 (±2.7% / ±256.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

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

9.5% ±2.8% (522  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in O'Brien County: 4.4% 627
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

4.3% ±2.3% (179  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in O'Brien County: 6.2% † 664 (±1% / ±108)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
179 Total veterans ±96 136 Male ±79 43 Female ±53

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