Sheffield vs Walnut

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

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

Walnut has the higher population (1,402 vs 789 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($68,542 vs $62,019 in Walnut). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($102,600 vs $94,700 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Sheffield	Walnut
Population	789	1,402
Median age	39.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$68,542	$62,019
Median home value	$102,600	$94,700
Median gross rent	$992	$591
Housing units	419	620
Homeownership rate	75.8%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheffield	Walnut
Population	770 → 789 (+2.5%)	1,370 → 1,402 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$46,458 → $68,542 (+47.5%)	$53,750 → $62,019 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $102,600 (+29.5%)	$95,500 → $94,700 (-0.8%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $992 (+40.5%)	$611 → $591 (-3.3%)

Sheffield

Population

770789

Median household income

$46,458$68,542

Median home value

$79,200$102,600

Median gross rent

$706$992

Walnut

Population

1,3701,402

Median household income

$53,750$62,019

Median home value

$95,500$94,700

Median gross rent

$611$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheffield	Walnut
Under 5	5.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	18.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.5%
75 and over	9.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheffield	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheffield	Walnut
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheffield	Walnut
Drove alone	83.8%	86.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheffield	Walnut
1-unit, detached	95.0%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheffield	Walnut
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1944	1961