Lakeville vs Sharon

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

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

Lakeville has the higher population (641 vs 495 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median household income ($158,146 vs $95,156 in Lakeville). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($822,200 vs $276,300 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeville	Sharon
Population	641	495
Median age	56.3 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,156	$158,146
Median home value	$822,200	$276,300
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	348	450
Homeownership rate	73.2%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeville	Sharon
Population	1,040 → 641 (-38.4%)	625 → 495 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$72,875 → $95,156 (+30.6%)	$136,286 → $158,146 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$337,100 → $822,200 (+143.9%)	$505,200 → $276,300 (-45.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,173 (+5.3%)	$1,036 → $3,501 (+237.9%)

Lakeville

Population

1,040641

Median household income

$72,875$95,156

Median home value

$337,100$822,200

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,173

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)

	Lakeville	Sharon
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	6.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	3.0%
55 to 64	26.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	17.5%	51.5%
75 and over	7.8%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeville	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeville	Sharon
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	11.1%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	6.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40.6%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeville	Sharon
Drove alone	51.0%	28.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	17.3%
Walked	0.0%	36.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.4%	17.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeville	Sharon
1-unit, detached	78.7%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeville	Sharon
Poverty rate	15.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	12
Median year structure built	1951	1938