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Sheldon Independent School District, TX

48,486 Population
49.5 square miles 979.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Harris County: 34.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,668 ±$1,722 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Harris County: $41,006 ±$323
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,538 ±$5,730 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Harris County: $74,983 ±$639
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.2% ±3.6% (9,713  ±1,863) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Harris County: 16.3% 777,921 (±0.3% / ±15,551)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±1.4 (522,430  ±62,494) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Harris County: 29 58,031,260 (±0.2 / ±442,414)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,633 ±755 Number of households
  • Harris County: 1,757,164 ±3,293
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.3 ±0.2 (48,351  ±3,582) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Harris County: 2.7 4,791,554 (±0 / ±634)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±2.7% (761  ±374) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Harris County: 5.8% 72,117 (±0.2% / ±2,611)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

15,645 ±683 Number of housing units
  • Harris County: 1,917,790 ±473
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,500 ±$12,876 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Harris County: $276,600 ±$1,878
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±2.1% (3,776  ±1,066.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Harris County: 14.5% 692,279 (±0.3% / ±13,780.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.2% ±0.6% (21,152  ±1,596.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harris County: 82.5% 2,583,939 (±0.5% / ±15,741.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.8% ±2.1% (4,158  ±678.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Harris County: 34.2% 1,072,128 (±0.3% / ±9,634.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • 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

24.1% ±3.6% (11,666  ±1,938) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Harris County: 26.8% 1,298,617
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.5% ±0.8% (1,166  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Harris County: 4.2% 151,833 (±0.1% / ±3,584)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,166 Total veterans ±278 978 Male ±261 188 Female ±112

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