SheldonTX
A town of 2,208, settled in 1887.
Is Sheldon a good place to live?
The best of Sheldon’s subject grades is a B+ for incomes; the weakest is a C− for schools. 0.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Sheldon, below both Texas’ towns (12%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). On the outdoors, just 79 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Sheldon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sheldon stand out
Where Sheldon beats most towns.
Sheldon has grown 19% from 2010 to 2020
1,990 counted in 2010 and 2,361 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Sheldon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sheldon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Daikin Park and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sheldon. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
8 mi LandmarkSan Jacinto Monument
16 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
18 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
15 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy StadiumPhoto credits
Daikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Reliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · San Jacinto Monument: Tijuana Brass at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Rothko Chapel: Unknown, Public domain · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Sheldon: who provides what
Sheldon is unincorporated, so Harris County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sheldon.
About half of Sheldon’s working residents commute to Houston
The median commute is under 17 miles. Sheldon’s average commute stands at 30 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. For most workers, Sheldon is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. Jobs here fell by 353 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,260.
| Sheldon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sheldon’s public schools trail 84% of Texas districts
Sheldon ISD runs its public schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 2 public schools serve Sheldon, with 1,147 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–5 | Grades 1–5 | 585 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Sheldon: mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 44° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Sheldon is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Federal aid has come to Sheldon households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage locally than in 58% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Sheldon break down as 41% from inland flooding and 27% from hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sheldon stands out in Texas and nationally, with fewer of its adults who had a checkup this year
Sheldon: 13% of adults smoke cigarettes. In Sheldon, 27% of adults worry about having enough food, and 28% have high blood pressure.
| Sheldon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 74% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Sheldon | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.9% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 15.6% | 21.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 30.3% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Sheldon sells for about $178K
The typical rent in Sheldon is $1,756 a month. Among households locally, 51% are owner-occupiers.
| Sheldon | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 51% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,756 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sheldon
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Sheldon
About 5 of every 100 Sheldon residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
Every workday, about 1,255 people come to Sheldon for work
Where Sheldon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023