Earlville vs Sheridan

A side-by-side comparison of Earlville and Sheridan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sheridan has the higher population (2,610 vs 2,015 in Earlville). Sheridan has the higher median household income ($73,214 vs $62,763 in Earlville). Sheridan has the higher median home value ($183,200 vs $127,300 in Earlville).

Population, income & housing

	Earlville	Sheridan
Population	2,015	2,610
Median age	32.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,763	$73,214
Median home value	$127,300	$183,200
Median gross rent	$998	$964
Housing units	899	432
Homeownership rate	62.9%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlville	Sheridan
Population	1,928 → 2,015 (+4.5%)	2,713 → 2,610 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$54,301 → $62,763 (+15.6%)	$61,875 → $73,214 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $127,300 (+18.6%)	$148,600 → $183,200 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $998 (+17.7%)	$1,008 → $964 (-4.4%)

Earlville

Population

1,9282,015

Median household income

$54,301$62,763

Median home value

$107,300$127,300

Median gross rent

$848$998

Sheridan

Population

2,7132,610

Median household income

$61,875$73,214

Median home value

$148,600$183,200

Median gross rent

$1,008$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlville	Sheridan
Under 5	5.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	7.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	30.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	23.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	3.4%
75 and over	3.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlville	Sheridan
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	48.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	37.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlville	Sheridan
No high school diploma	11.3%	30.4%
High school graduate	46.5%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlville	Sheridan
Drove alone	82.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	4.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlville	Sheridan
1-unit, detached	63.8%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Earlville	Sheridan
Poverty rate	15.3%	16.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	44
Median year structure built	1968	1956