Sanborn vs Sheldon

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

Sanborn 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 1,510 in Sanborn). Sheldon has the higher median household income ($68,448 vs $56,477 in Sanborn). Sheldon has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $150,900 in Sanborn).

Population, income & housing

	Sanborn	Sheldon
Population	1,510	5,386
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,477	$68,448
Median home value	$150,900	$173,600
Median gross rent	$881	$842
Housing units	656	2,437
Homeownership rate	75.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanborn	Sheldon
Population	1,582 → 1,510 (-4.6%)	5,128 → 5,386 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $56,477 (+15.9%)	$53,110 → $68,448 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $150,900 (+57.5%)	$130,500 → $173,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $881 (+48.1%)	$558 → $842 (+50.9%)

Sanborn

Population

1,5821,510

Median household income

$48,750$56,477

Median home value

$95,800$150,900

Median gross rent

$595$881

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)

	Sanborn	Sheldon
Under 5	6.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.1%
75 and over	19.8%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanborn	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	78.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	0.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanborn	Sheldon
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.8%
High school graduate	41.2%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanborn	Sheldon
Drove alone	84.4%	76.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	15.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanborn	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	80.3%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Sanborn	Sheldon
Poverty rate	14.7%	16.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1965	1969