Falls Village vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (495 vs 452 in Falls Village). Sharon has the higher median household income ($158,146 vs $54,792 in Falls Village). Falls Village has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $276,300 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Falls Village	Sharon
Population	452	495
Median age	43.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,792	$158,146
Median home value	$431,300	$276,300
Median gross rent	$2,096	$3,501
Housing units	262	450
Homeownership rate	89.1%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.5%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falls Village	Sharon
Population	451 → 452 (+0.2%)	625 → 495 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$91,111 → $54,792 (-39.9%)	$136,286 → $158,146 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $431,300 (+58.5%)	$505,200 → $276,300 (-45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $2,096 (+90.5%)	$1,036 → $3,501 (+237.9%)

Falls Village

Population

451452

Median household income

$91,111$54,792

Median home value

$272,100$431,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$2,096

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)

	Falls Village	Sharon
Under 5	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	20.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	2.7%	3.0%
55 to 64	24.3%	6.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	51.5%
75 and over	4.9%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falls Village	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	77.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	10.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falls Village	Sharon
No high school diploma	1.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	16.4%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	6.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.6%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falls Village	Sharon
Drove alone	50.7%	28.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	17.3%
Walked	0.0%	36.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.5%	17.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falls Village	Sharon
1-unit, detached	98.5%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Falls Village	Sharon
Poverty rate	34.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1938	1938