Ceylon vs Sherburn

A side-by-side comparison of Ceylon and Sherburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Ceylon and Sherburn are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sherburn has the higher population (946 vs 255 in Ceylon). Sherburn has the higher median household income ($63,026 vs $32,206 in Ceylon). Sherburn has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $36,800 in Ceylon).

Population, income & housing

	Ceylon	Sherburn
Population	255	946
Median age	39.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$32,206	$63,026
Median home value	$36,800	$97,900
Median gross rent	$579	$734
Housing units	165	419
Homeownership rate	82.9%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ceylon	Sherburn
Population	332 → 255 (-23.2%)	1,033 → 946 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $32,206 (-24.2%)	$52,857 → $63,026 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$34,100 → $36,800 (+7.9%)	$73,900 → $97,900 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $579 (+0.2%)	$701 → $734 (+4.7%)

Ceylon

Population

332255

Median household income

$42,500$32,206

Median home value

$34,100$36,800

Median gross rent

$578$579

Sherburn

Population

1,033946

Median household income

$52,857$63,026

Median home value

$73,900$97,900

Median gross rent

$701$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ceylon	Sherburn
Under 5	2.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	16.9%	7.3%
35 to 44	4.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	6.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	15.1%
75 and over	12.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ceylon	Sherburn
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ceylon	Sherburn
No high school diploma	15.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ceylon	Sherburn
Drove alone	82.0%	78.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	4.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ceylon	Sherburn
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Ceylon	Sherburn
Poverty rate	9.5%	18.1%
Average household size	1.82	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1940	1954