Imperial vs Sheffield

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

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

Imperial has the higher population (276 vs 107 in Sheffield). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($208,800 vs $91,300 in Imperial). Since 2019, Imperial's population has grown faster (-10.4% vs -46.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial	Sheffield
Population	276	107
Median age	36.3 yrs	66.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,938
Median home value	$91,300	$208,800
Housing units	109	73
Homeownership rate	81.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial	Sheffield
Population	308 → 276 (-10.4%)	200 → 107 (-46.5%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $105,769 (+41.5%)	$46,818 → $75,938 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $91,300 (+14.1%)	$17,500 → $208,800 (+1093.1%)
Median gross rent	$438 → $365 (-16.7%)	—

Imperial

Population

308276

Median household income

$74,750$105,769

Median home value

$80,000$91,300

Median gross rent

$438$365

Sheffield

Population

200107

Median household income

$46,818$75,938

Median home value

$17,500$208,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial	Sheffield
Under 5	21.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	18.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.2%	8.4%
45 to 54	2.5%	21.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	18.7%
65 to 74	2.2%	17.8%
75 and over	11.6%	33.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial	Sheffield
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	40.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial	Sheffield
Drove alone	88.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	28.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	83.5%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	34.2%

Poverty & households

	Imperial	Sheffield
Poverty rate	8.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.97	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1968	1999