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Sheldon, MO

443 Population
0.5 square miles 843.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Vernon County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Missouri: 39 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$21,328 ±$4,195 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $25,885 ±$1,341
  • about half the amount in Missouri: $39,695 ±$221
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,848 ±$8,776 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vernon County: $52,230 ±$3,655
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Missouri: $70,702 ±$325
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

37% ±15.7% (164  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Vernon County: 18.8% † 3,574 (±3.6% / ±685)
  • more than double the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 757,180 (±0.2% / ±12,002)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.4 minutes ±9.7 (3,505  ±1,145) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Vernon County: 19.4 141,935 (±1.4 / ±13,173)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Missouri: 23.5 60,610,180 (±0.1 / ±367,091)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

190 ±54 Number of households
  • Vernon County: 7,754 ±239
  • Missouri: 2,508,227 ±6,821
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.9 (443  ±118) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Vernon County: 2.5 19,054 (±0.1 / ±21)
  • a little less than the figure in Missouri: 2.4 6,028,070
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.3% ±13.5% (9  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Vernon County: 4.6% † 187 (±2.2% / ±91)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 5.4% 75,813 (±0.2% / ±2,448)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

224 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Vernon County: 8,928 ±55
  • Missouri: 2,825,287 ±1,043
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$67,500 ±$23,056 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Vernon County: $158,800 ±$8,409
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Missouri: $230,300 ±$880
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20% ±10.6% (87  ±51.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vernon County: 12.8% † 2,487 (±2.3% / ±444.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Missouri: 12.6% 773,364 (±0.2% / ±10,610.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.9% ±30% (248  ±58.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Vernon County: 89% 11,907 (±5.1% / ±685.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Missouri: 91.9% 3,897,379 (±0.3% / ±14,557)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11% ±10.5% (32  ±31.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vernon County: 16.6% † 2,218 (±2.2% / ±297.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Missouri: 32.4% 1,374,703 (±0.2% / ±8,698.6)
  • about one-third 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

2.5% ±3.8% (11  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vernon County: 2.2% 431
  • about half the rate in Missouri: 4.5% 277,967
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±2.9% (14  ±10) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vernon County: 5.8% † 863 (±1.1% / ±171)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Missouri: 7.3% 347,543 (±0.1% / ±4,380)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±10 14 Male ±10 N/A Female ±12

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