Fort Stockton vs Sheffield

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Stockton and Sheffield: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Stockton and Sheffield are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Stockton has the higher population (8,340 vs 107 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($75,938 vs $69,688 in Fort Stockton). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($208,800 vs $176,600 in Fort Stockton).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
Population	8,340	107
Median age	33.3 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,688	$75,938
Median home value	$176,600	$208,800
Median gross rent	$977	—
Housing units	3,545	73
Homeownership rate	64.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
Population	8,424 → 8,340 (-1.0%)	200 → 107 (-46.5%)
Median household income	$44,009 → $69,688 (+58.3%)	$46,818 → $75,938 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$96,100 → $176,600 (+83.8%)	$17,500 → $208,800 (+1093.1%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $977 (+17.9%)	—

Fort Stockton

Population

8,4248,340

Median household income

$44,009$69,688

Median home value

$96,100$176,600

Median gross rent

$829$977

Sheffield

Population

200107

Median household income

$46,818$75,938

Median home value

$17,500$208,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	21.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	18.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	17.8%
75 and over	4.3%	33.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	16.0%	76.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	79.4%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
No high school diploma	14.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
Drove alone	88.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.8%	28.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	76.0%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	34.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Stockton	Sheffield
Poverty rate	29.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.44	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1974	1999