Richards vs Sheldon

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

Richards 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 44 in Richards). Richards has the higher median household income ($42,969 vs $42,386 in Sheldon). Sheldon has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $65,000 in Richards).

Population, income & housing

	Richards	Sheldon
Population	44	362
Median age	31.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,969	$42,386
Median home value	$65,000	$76,700
Median gross rent	—	$601
Housing units	31	207
Homeownership rate	69.6%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richards	Sheldon
Population	151 → 44 (-70.9%)	444 → 362 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$58,523 → $42,969 (-26.6%)	$35,833 → $42,386 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $65,000 (+44.4%)	$48,200 → $76,700 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$548 → $601 (+9.7%)

Richards

Population

15144

Median household income

$58,523$42,969

Median home value

$45,000$65,000

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)

	Richards	Sheldon
Under 5	6.8%	2.2%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	20.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	27.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	4.5%	17.1%
65 to 74	2.3%	14.4%
75 and over	6.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richards	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	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	22.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richards	Sheldon
No high school diploma	33.3%	17.3%
High school graduate	55.6%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richards	Sheldon
Drove alone	94.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richards	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	61.3%	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	38.7%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Richards	Sheldon
Poverty rate	27.3%	29.8%
Average household size	1.91	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1971	1975