Sheldon is a village in
Sheldon Township,
Iroquois County
Iroquois County is a county located in the northeast part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 United States Census, it has a population of 27,077.
It is the only county in the United States to be named Iroquois, after the Americ ...
,
Illinois, United States. The population was 1,070 at the
2010 census,
down from 1,232 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Sheldon is located in eastern Iroquois County at .
runs along the northern edge of the village, leading west to
Watseka
Watseka or Watchekee (c. 1810–1878) was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians.
She was also known by the ...
, the Iroquois
county seat, and east to
Kentland, Indiana.
U.S. Route 52
U.S. Route 52 (US 52) is a major United States highway in the central United States that extends from the northern to southeastern region of the United States. Contrary to most other even-numbered U.S. Highways, US 52 primarily follows ...
intersects US 24 along Sheldon's northern border, leading north to
Iroquois and east with US 24 into Indiana.
According to the 2010 census, Sheldon has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
At the 2000
census,
there were 1,232 people, 464 households and 333 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 489 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.05%
White, 0.41%
African American, 0.08%
Native American, 0.32%
Asian, 0.16% from
other races, and 0.97% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.14% of the population.
There were 464 households, of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 23.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.98.
27.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
The
median household income was $35,463 and the median family income was $38,750. Males had a median income of $29,167 compared with $18,839 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $15,627. About 8.0% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 19.9% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Villages in Iroquois County, Illinois
Villages in Illinois