Sheldon vs Walker

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

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

Walker has the higher population (371 vs 362 in Sheldon). Sheldon has the higher median household income ($42,386 vs $29,922 in Walker). Since 2019, Walker's population has grown faster (+31.6% vs -18.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Sheldon	Walker
Population	362	371
Median age	45.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,386	$29,922
Median home value	$76,700	—
Median gross rent	$601	$610
Housing units	207	162
Homeownership rate	43.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheldon	Walker
Population	444 → 362 (-18.5%)	282 → 371 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$35,833 → $42,386 (+18.3%)	$26,111 → $29,922 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$48,200 → $76,700 (+59.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$548 → $601 (+9.7%)	$540 → $610 (+13.0%)

Sheldon

Population

444362

Median household income

$35,833$42,386

Median home value

$48,200$76,700

Median gross rent

$548$601

Walker

Population

282371

Median household income

$26,111$29,922

Median gross rent

$540$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheldon	Walker
Under 5	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	10.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	18.3%
25 to 34	7.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	36.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.5%
75 and over	5.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheldon	Walker
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheldon	Walker
No high school diploma	17.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	43.1%	70.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	0.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheldon	Walker
Drove alone	78.9%	86.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheldon	Walker
1-unit, detached	65.7%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Sheldon	Walker
Poverty rate	29.8%	20.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1975	1976