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Sheldon, IA 51201 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 51201: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Sheldon, IA 51201

Not Acceptable, USPS

Ritter, IA 51201

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Obrien County
Centroid: Latitude 43.185, Longitude -95.848
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 51201 has segments in 3 Counties (Lyon, Obrien, Sioux).

Businesses Addresses: 312
PO Box Addresses: 72
Residential Addresses: 2,811

Multi-Family Addresses: 361
Single Family Addresses: 2,450

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

51201 ZIP Code Map

Sheldon, IA 51201 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	6,258
Daytime Population: Workers	4,339
Daytime Population: Residents	3,080
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	7,419
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	1.19
Population in Households	6,112
Population in Familes	4,788
Population in Group Qrtrs	146
Population Density²	55
Diversity Index³	27

INCOME
Median Household Income	$48,174
Average Household Income	$67,146
Per Capita Income	$28,369

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	2,789 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	1,774 (63.6%)
Renter Occupied HU	847 (30.4%)
Vacant Housing Units	168 ( 6.0%)
Median Home Value	$131,967
Average Home Value	$147,943

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	2,621
Average Household Size	2.33
Family Households	1,606
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	0.2%	0.04%
Households	0.24%	0.05%
Families	0.08%	-0.05%
Median Household Income		2.1%
Per Capita Income		2.24%

Sheldon, IA 51201 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 51201 to the other 963 ZIP Codes in Iowa by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.