De Pue vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of De Pue and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

De Pue and Sheffield are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

De Pue has the higher population (1,594 vs 789 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($68,542 vs $56,176 in De Pue). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $63,600 in De Pue).

Population, income & housing

	De Pue	Sheffield
Population	1,594	789
Median age	44.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,176	$68,542
Median home value	$63,600	$102,600
Median gross rent	$893	$992
Housing units	713	419
Homeownership rate	73.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Pue	Sheffield
Population	1,802 → 1,594 (-11.5%)	770 → 789 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$55,403 → $56,176 (+1.4%)	$46,458 → $68,542 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $63,600 (+22.8%)	$79,200 → $102,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $893 (+24.4%)	$706 → $992 (+40.5%)

De Pue

Population

1,8021,594

Median household income

$55,403$56,176

Median home value

$51,800$63,600

Median gross rent

$718$893

Sheffield

Population

770789

Median household income

$46,458$68,542

Median home value

$79,200$102,600

Median gross rent

$706$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	De Pue	Sheffield
Under 5	4.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	7.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	16.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.1%
75 and over	8.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Pue	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	90.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	63.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Pue	Sheffield
No high school diploma	20.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Pue	Sheffield
Drove alone	82.7%	83.8%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	2.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Pue	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	95.1%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	De Pue	Sheffield
Poverty rate	22.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1945	1944