Sheldon vs Southside Place

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

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

Sheldon has the higher population (2,449 vs 1,631 in Southside Place). Southside Place has the higher median household income ($193,021 vs $72,937 in Sheldon). Southside Place has the higher median home value ($1,702,600 vs $94,400 in Sheldon).

Population, income & housing

	Sheldon	Southside Place
Population	2,449	1,631
Median age	27.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,937	$193,021
Median home value	$94,400	$1,702,600
Median gross rent	$1,432	$1,828
Housing units	662	777
Homeownership rate	55.4%	56.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	90.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheldon	Southside Place
Population	1,921 → 2,449 (+27.5%)	1,652 → 1,631 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$56,855 → $72,937 (+28.3%)	$250,001 → $193,021 (-22.8%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $94,400 (-13.9%)	$1,563,300 → $1,702,600 (+8.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,432 (+9.2%)	$1,133 → $1,828 (+61.3%)

Sheldon

Population

1,9212,449

Median household income

$56,855$72,937

Median home value

$109,700$94,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,432

Southside Place

Population

1,6521,631

Median household income

$250,001$193,021

Median home value

$1,563,300$1,702,600

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheldon	Southside Place
Under 5	10.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	25.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	21.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	10.9%
75 and over	0.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheldon	Southside Place
White (non-Hispanic)	18.1%	62.4%
Black or African American	6.2%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	12.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	75.7%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheldon	Southside Place
No high school diploma	25.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	37.6%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	3.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	53.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheldon	Southside Place
Drove alone	74.7%	70.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	4.2%	17.1%
Other means	7.2%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheldon	Southside Place
1-unit, detached	100.0%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	41.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sheldon	Southside Place
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.1%
Average household size	3.70	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1977	2010