Lisbon vs Sheldon

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

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

Lisbon has the higher population (2,262 vs 118 in Sheldon). Lisbon has the higher median household income ($61,953 vs $55,000 in Sheldon). Lisbon has the higher median home value ($185,700 vs $55,600 in Sheldon).

Population, income & housing

	Lisbon	Sheldon
Population	2,262	118
Median age	41.1 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,953	$55,000
Median home value	$185,700	$55,600
Median gross rent	$671	—
Housing units	988	62
Homeownership rate	63.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lisbon	Sheldon
Population	2,009 → 2,262 (+12.6%)	103 → 118 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$63,984 → $61,953 (-3.2%)	$41,458 → $55,000 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $185,700 (+57.8%)	$36,300 → $55,600 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $671 (+14.7%)	—

Lisbon

Population

2,0092,262

Median household income

$63,984$61,953

Median home value

$117,700$185,700

Median gross rent

$585$671

Sheldon

Population

103118

Median household income

$41,458$55,000

Median home value

$36,300$55,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lisbon	Sheldon
Under 5	4.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	13.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	27.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.4%
75 and over	13.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lisbon	Sheldon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lisbon	Sheldon
No high school diploma	6.8%	16.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lisbon	Sheldon
Drove alone	81.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lisbon	Sheldon
1-unit, detached	65.1%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Lisbon	Sheldon
Poverty rate	14.1%	0.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	16	37
Median year structure built	1964	1953