Sheldon vs Shell Point

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

Sheldon and Shell Point are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Shell Point has the higher population (2,005 vs 536 in Sheldon). Shell Point has the higher median household income ($65,840 vs $30,239 in Sheldon). Since 2019, Sheldon's population has grown faster (+7.0% vs -29.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Sheldon	Shell Point
Population	536	2,005
Median age	44.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$30,239	$65,840
Median home value	—	$233,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,185
Housing units	345	892
Homeownership rate	66.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheldon	Shell Point
Population	501 → 536 (+7.0%)	2,842 → 2,005 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$27,067 → $30,239 (+11.7%)	$64,928 → $65,840 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $62,700 (+30.9%)	$176,700 → $233,600 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$931 → $1,185 (+27.3%)

Sheldon

Population

501536

Median household income

$27,067$30,239

Median home value

$47,900$62,700

Shell Point

Population

2,8422,005

Median household income

$64,928$65,840

Median home value

$176,700$233,600

Median gross rent

$931$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheldon	Shell Point
Under 5	5.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	18.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	4.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	18.7%	9.4%
75 and over	1.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheldon	Shell Point
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	75.7%	13.1%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheldon	Shell Point
No high school diploma	13.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	59.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheldon	Shell Point
Drove alone	67.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	19.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	13.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheldon	Shell Point
1-unit, detached	33.3%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	66.7%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Sheldon	Shell Point
Poverty rate	14.4%	4.4%
Average household size	1.95	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1992	1988