Paullina vs Sheldon

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

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

Sheldon has the higher population (5,386 vs 843 in Paullina). Sheldon has the higher median household income ($68,448 vs $57,308 in Paullina). Sheldon has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $118,800 in Paullina).

Population, income & housing

	Paullina	Sheldon
Population	843	5,386
Median age	51.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,308	$68,448
Median home value	$118,800	$173,600
Median gross rent	$810	$842
Housing units	488	2,437
Homeownership rate	75.1%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paullina	Sheldon
Population	953 → 843 (-11.5%)	5,128 → 5,386 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$64,125 → $57,308 (-10.6%)	$53,110 → $68,448 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$89,300 → $118,800 (+33.0%)	$130,500 → $173,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $810 (+19.1%)	$558 → $842 (+50.9%)

Paullina

Population

953843

Median household income

$64,125$57,308

Median home value

$89,300$118,800

Median gross rent

$680$810

Sheldon

Population

5,1285,386

Median household income

$53,110$68,448

Median home value

$130,500$173,600

Median gross rent

$558$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paullina	Sheldon
Under 5	4.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.1%
75 and over	14.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paullina	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paullina	Sheldon
No high school diploma	8.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	39.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paullina	Sheldon
Drove alone	87.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paullina	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	85.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Paullina	Sheldon
Poverty rate	8.1%	16.3%
Average household size	2.02	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1954	1969