Sheldon, Texas

Back to Sheldon, TX housing info, Harris County, Texas, TX smaller cities, TX small cities, All Cities.   Submit pictures of this place Current weather forecast for Sheldon, TX Population (year 2000): 1,831 Males: 932   (50.9%) Females: 899   (49.1%) Harris County Median resident age:   28.3 years Texas median age:   32.3 years Zip codes: 77049. Estimated median household income in 2005: $44,400 (it was $42,981 in 2000) Sheldon   $44,400 Texas:   $42,139 Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $62,200 (it was $45,000 in 2000) Sheldon   $62,200 Texas:   $106,000 Sheldon, TX residents, houses, and apartments details Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Races in Sheldon: White Non-Hispanic (60.8%) Hispanic (34.7%) Other race (14.6%) Two or more races (2.9%) Black (2.7%) American Indian (1.6%) (Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races) Recent posts about Sheldon, Texas on our local forum with over 300,000 registered users. Sheldon is mentioned 14 times on our forum: Sheldon Vexler Theatre  (0 replies) Volunteer or Paid on Call Fire Department  (1 reply) Any Good Places To See Nature Off The Beatn Path  (16 replies) questions for Houston area teachers  (13 replies) Houston Bound  (28 replies) Pflugerville neighborhoods  (0 replies) Latest news from Sheldon, TX collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations Ancestries: United States (6.1%), German (5.8%), English (4.9%), Irish (3.3%), Scotch-Irish (2.0%), Italian (1.5%). Current Local Time: CST time zone Land area: 2.58 square miles. Population density: 709 people per square mile   (low).

Average climate in Sheldon, Texas

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Sheldon-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Texas state average. It is 155% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/21/1992, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 13.5 miles away from the Sheldon place center injured 16 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 9/11/1961, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 6.3 miles away from the place center injured 22 people.

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Average household size:

This place:	3.4 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	81.9%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	6.2%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
• Gay men: 0.4% of all households

This place:	11.7%
Whole state:	15.4%

This place:	7.6%
Whole state:	6.7%

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6.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,055 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.61%
Texas average:	8.37%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,594 average AGI)

Harris County:	0.21%
Texas average:	0.20%

from Orleans Parish, LA	0.99% ($19,602 average AGI)
from Fort Bend County, TX	0.55% ($50,272)
from Montgomery County, TX	0.34% ($45,547)

5.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($53,468 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.48%
Texas average:	7.44%

0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,819 average AGI)

Harris County:	0.11%
Texas average:	0.11%

to Fort Bend County, TX	0.87% ($48,053 average AGI)
to Montgomery County, TX	0.52% ($58,944)
to Brazoria County, TX	0.31% ($53,300)