Sheldahl vs Zearing

A side-by-side comparison of Sheldahl and Zearing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zearing has the higher population (584 vs 348 in Sheldahl). Sheldahl has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $67,031 in Zearing). Sheldahl has the higher median home value ($175,000 vs $138,600 in Zearing).

Population, income & housing

	Sheldahl	Zearing
Population	348	584
Median age	37.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$67,031
Median home value	$175,000	$138,600
Median gross rent	$1,200	$1,125
Housing units	149	202
Homeownership rate	90.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	14.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheldahl	Zearing
Population	334 → 348 (+4.2%)	534 → 584 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $67,500 (-1.8%)	$53,750 → $67,031 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $175,000 (+45.2%)	$100,600 → $138,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $1,200 (+17.9%)	$663 → $1,125 (+69.7%)

Sheldahl

Population

334348

Median household income

$68,750$67,500

Median home value

$120,500$175,000

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,200

Zearing

Population

534584

Median household income

$53,750$67,031

Median home value

$100,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$663$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheldahl	Zearing
Under 5	7.2%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	6.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.0%
75 and over	3.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheldahl	Zearing
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheldahl	Zearing
No high school diploma	9.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.2%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheldahl	Zearing
Drove alone	82.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheldahl	Zearing
1-unit, detached	87.9%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheldahl	Zearing
Poverty rate	11.5%	22.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1971	1959