| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:15 PM |
| Population: | 2,058 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20179 |
| Land Area: | 625 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.4549, -100.4785 |
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2,058 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 625 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,264 to 2,058 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.1% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67740 (Hoxie, $75,417 median) and poorest ZIP 67757 (Selden, $57,750) are 18.0 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.2× across this county — from $83,300 in 67757 (Selden) to $186,600 in 67740 (Hoxie).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.5% bachelor's+ in 67757 (Selden) to 29.5% in 67740 (Hoxie) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #99 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #55 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $71,417 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
26.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (348 of 1,337 reporting).
2 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Sheridan County lost 9.1% of residents between 2014 and 2024.