Fort Ransom vs Sheldon

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

Fort Ransom and Sheldon are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sheldon has the higher population (118 vs 112 in Fort Ransom). Fort Ransom has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $55,000 in Sheldon). Fort Ransom has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $55,600 in Sheldon).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
Population	112	118
Median age	39.0 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$55,000
Median home value	$212,500	$55,600
Housing units	57	62
Homeownership rate	80.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
Population	116 → 112 (-3.4%)	103 → 118 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $78,750 (+26.0%)	$41,458 → $55,000 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $212,500 (+85.9%)	$36,300 → $55,600 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$285 → $633 (+122.1%)	—

Fort Ransom

Population

116112

Median household income

$62,500$78,750

Median home value

$114,300$212,500

Median gross rent

$285$633

Sheldon

Population

103118

Median household income

$41,458$55,000

Median home value

$36,300$55,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	14.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	17.8%
45 to 54	3.6%	27.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	25.0%	14.4%
75 and over	2.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
No high school diploma	5.5%	16.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
Drove alone	83.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	86.0%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ransom	Sheldon
Poverty rate	4.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	37
Median year structure built	1975	1953