Norfolk vs Sharon

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

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

Norfolk has the higher population (608 vs 495 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median household income ($158,146 vs $85,313 in Norfolk). Norfolk has the higher median home value ($325,000 vs $276,300 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Norfolk	Sharon
Population	608	495
Median age	40.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,313	$158,146
Median home value	$325,000	$276,300
Median gross rent	$1,112	$3,501
Housing units	337	450
Homeownership rate	61.2%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	80.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norfolk	Sharon
Population	504 → 608 (+20.6%)	625 → 495 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$44,107 → $85,313 (+93.4%)	$136,286 → $158,146 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$223,500 → $325,000 (+45.4%)	$505,200 → $276,300 (-45.3%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $1,112 (+62.1%)	$1,036 → $3,501 (+237.9%)

Norfolk

Population

504608

Median household income

$44,107$85,313

Median home value

$223,500$325,000

Median gross rent

$686$1,112

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)

	Norfolk	Sharon
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	25.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	3.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	23.5%	51.5%
75 and over	4.9%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norfolk	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	77.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	10.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norfolk	Sharon
No high school diploma	0.9%	9.7%
High school graduate	17.6%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	6.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norfolk	Sharon
Drove alone	67.8%	28.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	3.2%	17.3%
Walked	0.6%	36.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	17.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norfolk	Sharon
1-unit, detached	67.4%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	40.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norfolk	Sharon
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.02	1.23
Mean commute (minutes)	37	12
Median year structure built	1938	1938