Bantam vs Sharon

A side-by-side comparison of Bantam and Sharon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bantam and Sharon are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bantam has the higher population (762 vs 495 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median household income ($158,146 vs $51,406 in Bantam). Bantam has the higher median home value ($292,000 vs $276,300 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	Sharon
Population	762	495
Median age	49.8 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$158,146
Median home value	$292,000	$276,300
Median gross rent	$666	$3,501
Housing units	468	450
Homeownership rate	45.5%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	Sharon
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	625 → 495 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$136,286 → $158,146 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$505,200 → $276,300 (-45.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$1,036 → $3,501 (+237.9%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

Sharon

Population

625495

Median household income

$136,286$158,146

Median home value

$505,200$276,300

Median gross rent

$1,036$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	Sharon
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	3.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	51.5%
75 and over	13.3%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	10.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	Sharon
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	6.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	Sharon
Drove alone	84.8%	28.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	17.3%
Walked	1.2%	36.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	Sharon
1-unit, detached	48.3%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	Sharon
Poverty rate	12.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.86	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	12
Median year structure built	1950	1938