Ladd vs Sheffield

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

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

Ladd has the higher population (1,393 vs 789 in Sheffield). Ladd has the higher median household income ($73,646 vs $68,542 in Sheffield). Ladd has the higher median home value ($123,600 vs $102,600 in Sheffield).

Population, income & housing

	Ladd	Sheffield
Population	1,393	789
Median age	37.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,646	$68,542
Median home value	$123,600	$102,600
Median gross rent	$847	$992
Housing units	617	419
Homeownership rate	78.5%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ladd	Sheffield
Population	1,211 → 1,393 (+15.0%)	770 → 789 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$64,318 → $73,646 (+14.5%)	$46,458 → $68,542 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $123,600 (+20.0%)	$79,200 → $102,600 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $847 (+11.9%)	$706 → $992 (+40.5%)

Ladd

Population

1,2111,393

Median household income

$64,318$73,646

Median home value

$103,000$123,600

Median gross rent

$757$847

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)

	Ladd	Sheffield
Under 5	7.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	8.3%	7.7%
35 to 44	18.8%	18.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	5.1%	10.1%
75 and over	5.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ladd	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ladd	Sheffield
No high school diploma	9.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	38.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ladd	Sheffield
Drove alone	90.6%	83.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ladd	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	88.5%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Ladd	Sheffield
Poverty rate	8.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1953	1944