Primghar vs Sheldon

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

Primghar 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 965 in Primghar). Primghar has the higher median household income ($77,813 vs $68,448 in Sheldon). Sheldon has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $135,500 in Primghar).

Population, income & housing

	Primghar	Sheldon
Population	965	5,386
Median age	37.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,813	$68,448
Median home value	$135,500	$173,600
Median gross rent	$975	$842
Housing units	419	2,437
Homeownership rate	85.0%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Primghar	Sheldon
Population	882 → 965 (+9.4%)	5,128 → 5,386 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $77,813 (+44.8%)	$53,110 → $68,448 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$75,600 → $135,500 (+79.2%)	$130,500 → $173,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $975 (+63.9%)	$558 → $842 (+50.9%)

Primghar

Population

882965

Median household income

$53,750$77,813

Median home value

$75,600$135,500

Median gross rent

$595$975

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)

	Primghar	Sheldon
Under 5	10.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	15.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	11.1%
75 and over	11.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Primghar	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	78.2%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Primghar	Sheldon
No high school diploma	7.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	33.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	39.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Primghar	Sheldon
Drove alone	85.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Primghar	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	86.4%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Primghar	Sheldon
Poverty rate	7.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1961	1969