Sheldon, Vermont.
Typical home $344,556 (+4.7% in a year). Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$967 (+115%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $15,435 +5%
- $329,120$344,556 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $62,008 +22%
- $282,547$344,556 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Sheldon$1,808
- Vermont$2,057
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Sheldon, VT rose 4.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sheldon, Franklin County, Vermont
Sheldon is a town of 2,136 people in Franklin County. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Franklin County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Sheldon is a small Vermont town in Franklin County where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, a much higher share of owner-occupiers than in most places. Few residents live below the poverty line, and typical home values are well above what many Vermont towns see. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and temperatures that stay well below freezing, while July is pleasantly warm, and precipitation arrives as both rain and melted snow over the year.
Work. Most residents who work do so in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and government also employing many. Across Franklin County, some of the largest workplaces are Northwestern Medical Center, the Maple Run Unified Union School District and Mylan Technologies. Few adults hold a four-year degree, a number of people work from home, and the usual trip to work is a moderate drive.
Things to do. Close to home, Lake Carmi is a lake a short drive away, and the Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site is a museum also a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area a longer drive away, and the Missisquoi River offers a longer drive to the water.
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- 913households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 5%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What people in Franklin County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 16,625 jobs in 2025, 3.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 27° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 55°. About 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Enosburg Falls weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Franklin County
- Northwestern Medical CenterGeneral hospital566FTE
- Maple Run Unified Union School District #57School district510FTE
- Mylan TechnologiesPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing389
- Missisquoi Valley School District #89School district388FTE
- Peerless ClothingCustom tailors, men's and boys' suits, cut and sewn from purchased fabric313
- Barry Callebaut USAChocolate, confectionery, made from cacao beans262
- Enosburgh-Richford Unified Union School District #88School district247FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores223
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 37 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,243 people in all across the county; Sheldon has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Franklin County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Franklin County and the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro.
Sheldon home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sheldon$344,556
- Vermont$391,900
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sheldon6
Zip codes with a Sheldon address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sheldon — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Sheldon
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05450 | Enosburg Falls | 5,428 | — | $314,484 |
| 05483 | Sheldon | 1,717 | — | $342,471 |