Sheldon, Wisconsin.
Typical home $170,332 (+4.1% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$353 (+65%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,688 +4%
- $163,645$170,332 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $16,119 -9%
- $186,451$170,332 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$894
- Wisconsin$1,770
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Sheldon, WI rose 4.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sheldon, Rusk County, Wisconsin
Sheldon is a village of 261 people in Rusk County. Unemployment in Rusk County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 4.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Rusk County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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 very small village in Rusk County, Wisconsin, with a population small enough that neighbors tend to know one another. Homes here are modestly priced, and household incomes across Rusk County run on the lower side. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and temperatures well below freezing, while summers turn warm in July; the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Across Rusk County, some of the largest workplaces are Weather Shield, which makes windows, Walmart, and Rockwell Automation. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and the typical commute is a long one, so many people travel some distance to work.
Things to do. The Jump River is a short drive away and is the closest place on the list for time near the water. A longer drive brings you to the Flambeau River, and Brunet Island State Park, a protected area for walking and camping. For some local history, the Rusk County Historical Society Museum is also a longer drive from the village.
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- 7%of adults have a degree
- 34 mintypical commute
What people in Rusk County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rusk County had 4,396 jobs in 2025, 4.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 2°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Holcombe weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rusk County
- Zielies Tree ServiceTree and brush trimming, overhead utility line369
- Weather Shield Mfg Inc. --Ladysmith Plant 05Windows, wood and covered wood, manufacturing276
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters215
- Rockwell Automtion - LadysmithRelays, electrical and electronic, manufacturing183
- Henry Repeating Arms - LadysmithFirearms, small, manufacturing178
- Rands Trucking,IncMotor freight carrier, general, long-distance, truckload155
- Senior ManagementConvalescent homes or convalescent hospitals114
- Ladysmith School DistrictSchool district108FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 13 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,832 people in all across the county; Sheldon has none of its own. School districts come 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
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Rusk 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 Rusk County.
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$170,332
- Wisconsin$337,196
- 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
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.