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Population (year 2000): 529. Estimated
population in July 2005: 534 (+0.9% change)
Males: 237 (44.8%), Females: 292 (55.2%)
Vernon County
Zip code:
64784
Median resident age: 37.9 years
Median household income: $28,125 (year 2000)
Median house value: $31,100 (year 2000)
Races in Sheldon:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.2%)
Ancestries: United States (28.0%), Irish
(15.5%), German (15.1%), English (9.5%), French (7.4%), Scottish
(1.3%).
Elevation: 915 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sheldon
- High school or higher: 73.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 4.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sheldon city
- Never married: 17.7%
- Now married: 64.3%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 6.0%
- Divorced: 11.3%
0.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +65 (+14.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sheldon:
- BARTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 11 miles;
LAMAR, MO)
- HEARTLAND BEHAVORIAL HEALTH SERVICES (about 13
miles; NEVADA, MO)
- NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 13 miles;
NEVADA, MO)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sheldon:
- JOPLIN REGIONAL (about 38 miles; JOPLIN, MO; ID: JLN)
- SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON REGIONAL (about 70 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; ID: SGF)
- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS RGNL (about 96 miles;
FAYETTEVILLE/SPRINGDALE/, AR; ID: XNA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sheldon:
- LAMAR MUNI (about 13 miles; LAMAR, MO; ID: LLU)
- NEVADA MUNI (about 14 miles; NEVADA, MO; ID: NVD)
- EL DORADO SPRINGS MEML (about 26 miles; EL DORADO
SPRINGS, MO; ID: 87K)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sheldon:
- PITTSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles;
PITTSBURG, KS; Full-time enrollment: 5,566)
- MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
JOPLIN, MO; FT enrollment: 4,569)
- SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles;
BOLIVAR, MO; FT enrollment: 2,612)
- OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; FT enrollment: 3,756)
- DRURY UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; Springfield, MO;
FT enrollment: 3,125)
- SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MO; FT enrollment: 14,680)
- CENTRAL MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles;
Warrensburg, MO; FT enrollment: 8,957)
Public high school in Sheldon:
- SHELDON HIGH (Students: 85; Location: 100 E
COUNCIL BLVD; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Sheldon:
- SHELDON ELEM. (Students: 101; Location: 100 E
COUNCIL BLVD; Grades: KG - 06)
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