Coulter vs Sheffield

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

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

Sheffield has the higher population (1,204 vs 251 in Coulter). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($64,297 vs $58,125 in Coulter). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $82,000 in Coulter).

Population, income & housing

	Coulter	Sheffield
Population	251	1,204
Median age	29.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$64,297
Median home value	$82,000	$138,500
Median gross rent	$644	$648
Housing units	101	506
Homeownership rate	68.4%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coulter	Sheffield
Population	229 → 251 (+9.6%)	1,190 → 1,204 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$44,750 → $58,125 (+29.9%)	$50,625 → $64,297 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $82,000 (+33.6%)	$97,400 → $138,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $644 (+24.6%)	$671 → $648 (-3.4%)

Coulter

Population

229251

Median household income

$44,750$58,125

Median home value

$61,400$82,000

Median gross rent

$517$644

Sheffield

Population

1,1901,204

Median household income

$50,625$64,297

Median home value

$97,400$138,500

Median gross rent

$671$648

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coulter	Sheffield
Under 5	10.4%	7.4%
5 to 17	32.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	10.0%
75 and over	7.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coulter	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	55.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coulter	Sheffield
No high school diploma	13.2%	3.8%
High school graduate	56.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coulter	Sheffield
Drove alone	83.3%	61.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coulter	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	83.2%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coulter	Sheffield
Poverty rate	15.5%	16.3%
Average household size	3.18	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1944	1958