Sheldon vs Sutherland

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

Sheldon and Sutherland 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 570 in Sutherland). Sheldon has the higher median household income ($68,448 vs $53,393 in Sutherland). Sheldon has the higher median home value ($173,600 vs $86,900 in Sutherland).

Population, income & housing

	Sheldon	Sutherland
Population	5,386	570
Median age	35.8 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,448	$53,393
Median home value	$173,600	$86,900
Median gross rent	$842	$591
Housing units	2,437	304
Homeownership rate	69.1%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheldon	Sutherland
Population	5,128 → 5,386 (+5.0%)	568 → 570 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$53,110 → $68,448 (+28.9%)	$50,197 → $53,393 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$130,500 → $173,600 (+33.0%)	$57,100 → $86,900 (+52.2%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $842 (+50.9%)	$585 → $591 (+1.0%)

Sheldon

Population

5,1285,386

Median household income

$53,110$68,448

Median home value

$130,500$173,600

Median gross rent

$558$842

Sutherland

Population

568570

Median household income

$50,197$53,393

Median home value

$57,100$86,900

Median gross rent

$585$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheldon	Sutherland
Under 5	7.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	16.5%
75 and over	3.9%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheldon	Sutherland
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	92.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheldon	Sutherland
No high school diploma	13.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheldon	Sutherland
Drove alone	76.4%	84.2%
Carpooled	15.8%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheldon	Sutherland
1-unit, detached	75.3%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	5.6%
20 or more units	12.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Sheldon	Sutherland
Poverty rate	16.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1969	1938