Moundville vs Sheldon

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

Moundville and Sheldon are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sheldon has the higher population (362 vs 76 in Moundville). Moundville has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $42,386 in Sheldon). Since 2019, Sheldon's population has grown faster (-18.5% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Moundville	Sheldon
Population	76	362
Median age	51.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$42,386
Median home value	—	$76,700
Median gross rent	$663	$601
Housing units	41	207
Homeownership rate	53.1%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moundville	Sheldon
Population	119 → 76 (-36.1%)	444 → 362 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$46,071 → $50,000 (+8.5%)	$35,833 → $42,386 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$53,000 → $45,000 (-15.1%)	$48,200 → $76,700 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $663 (+0.3%)	$548 → $601 (+9.7%)

Moundville

Population

11976

Median household income

$46,071$50,000

Median home value

$53,000$45,000

Median gross rent

$661$663

Sheldon

Population

444362

Median household income

$35,833$42,386

Median home value

$48,200$76,700

Median gross rent

$548$601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moundville	Sheldon
Under 5	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 17	6.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	17.1%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	14.4%
75 and over	19.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moundville	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moundville	Sheldon
No high school diploma	21.7%	17.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moundville	Sheldon
Drove alone	78.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	15.4%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moundville	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	78.0%	65.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Moundville	Sheldon
Poverty rate	9.2%	29.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1965	1975