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Sheldon city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Sheldon city is a Census city of 5,474 people across 4.80 square miles of land, lying across O'Brien County and Sioux County. Median household income is $62,159, 67.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 3 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.5 m.
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Sheldon
What Sheldon is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.8 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,140
- County holding the largest share of its areaO'Brien County, 85.4 percent
- Counties this place lies inO'Brien County 85.4 percent, Sioux County 14.6 percent
Sheldon city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheldon
How many people live in Sheldon
- Population5,474
- Median age37.6
- Population under 181,263
- Share under 1823.1 percent
- Population 65 and over937 plus or minus 207
- Share 65 and over17.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households2,195
- Family households1,403
- Share of households that are families63.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheldon
Income and work in Sheldon
- Median household income$62,159 plus or minus $13,185
- Per capita income$33,893
- Civilian labor force2,937
- Employed2,919
- Unemployed18 plus or minus 19
- Unemployment rate0.6 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Adults 25 and over3,743
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.8 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheldon
Housing in Sheldon
- Housing units2,553
- Occupied units2,195
- Vacant units358 plus or minus 190
- Vacancy rate14.0 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Owner occupied1,471
- Renter occupied724 plus or minus 220
- Ownership rate67.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$192,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$930
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units1,960
- Share single family76.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more491 plus or minus 177
- Share in buildings of two or more19.2 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes102 plus or minus 85
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheldon
How Sheldon gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,664
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,644
- Share commuting under 15 minutes61.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more461 plus or minus 166
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.3 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Drove alone76.1 percent
- Carpooled16.7 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sheldon
SBA loans in Sheldon (7(a))
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$2,460,000
- Average approval$820,000
- Median approval$705,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,510,000
- Largest approval$1,510,000
- Jobs supported21
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more66.7 percent
- Share to franchises66.7 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS3
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sheldon
SBA loans in Sheldon (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$5,863,000
- Average approval$977,167
- Median approval$927,000
- Largest approval$2,580,000
- Jobs supported45
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
O'Brien County, not Sheldon
O'Brien County context, not Sheldon figures
These are O'Brien County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sheldon measurements.
- Establishments in O'Brien County488
- Employment at those establishments, O'Brien County5,332
- Covered employment, O'Brien County6,603
- Average annual pay, O'Brien County$48,407
- Average weekly wage, O'Brien County$931
- Housing units permitted, O'Brien County9
- Of those, single family, O'Brien County9
- County product, 2024, O'Brien County$1,250,240,000
- County product change over the prior year, O'Brien County9.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, O'Brien County$49,930
Every figure in this section is published for O'Brien County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sheldon. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sheldon questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sheldon, Iowa?
5,474, in 2,195 households. Sheldon city covers 4.80 square miles of land, which is 1,140 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sheldon in?
Sheldon lies in more than one. By area it is 85.4 percent in O'Brien County, 14.6 percent in Sioux County. This page sits under O'Brien County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Sheldon?
$62,159. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $192,700. Median gross rent is $930 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sheldon businesses?
3 7(a) approvals totalling $2.5 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $705,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $5.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sheldon, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sheldon borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sheldon. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sheldon figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for O'Brien County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sheldon.
Is zoning published for Sheldon?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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