Latimer vs Sheffield

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

Latimer 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 763 in Latimer). Latimer has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $64,297 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $101,500 in Latimer).

Population, income & housing

	Latimer	Sheffield
Population	763	1,204
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$64,297
Median home value	$101,500	$138,500
Median gross rent	$1,020	$648
Housing units	311	506
Homeownership rate	56.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latimer	Sheffield
Population	492 → 763 (+55.1%)	1,190 → 1,204 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $71,250 (+78.1%)	$50,625 → $64,297 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $101,500 (+30.0%)	$97,400 → $138,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $1,020 (+61.6%)	$671 → $648 (-3.4%)

Latimer

Population

492763

Median household income

$40,000$71,250

Median home value

$78,100$101,500

Median gross rent

$631$1,020

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)

	Latimer	Sheffield
Under 5	18.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	13.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	6.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.0%
75 and over	9.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latimer	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	56.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.0%
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%	2.5%
Two or more races	8.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latimer	Sheffield
No high school diploma	22.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	16.6%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latimer	Sheffield
Drove alone	71.8%	61.7%
Carpooled	19.4%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latimer	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Latimer	Sheffield
Poverty rate	13.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.68	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1956	1958