Clifton vs Sheldon

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Sheldon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheldon has the higher population (1,309 vs 1,279 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($69,276 vs $43,942 in Sheldon). Clifton has the higher median home value ($184,100 vs $75,200 in Sheldon).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Sheldon
Population	1,279	1,309
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,276	$43,942
Median home value	$184,100	$75,200
Median gross rent	$839	$738
Housing units	557	630
Homeownership rate	72.4%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Sheldon
Population	1,326 → 1,279 (-3.5%)	1,169 → 1,309 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$72,778 → $69,276 (-4.8%)	$42,152 → $43,942 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $184,100 (+32.4%)	$64,200 → $75,200 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $839 (+7.8%)	$725 → $738 (+1.8%)

Clifton

Population

1,3261,279

Median household income

$72,778$69,276

Median home value

$139,000$184,100

Median gross rent

$778$839

Sheldon

Population

1,1691,309

Median household income

$42,152$43,942

Median home value

$64,200$75,200

Median gross rent

$725$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Sheldon
Under 5	4.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	20.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.2%
75 and over	6.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Sheldon
No high school diploma	3.1%	22.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Sheldon
Drove alone	88.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	84.9%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Sheldon
Poverty rate	10.7%	17.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1960	1946