Hobbs vs Sharpsville

A side-by-side comparison of Hobbs and Sharpsville: population, income, housing, and more.

Hobbs and Sharpsville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sharpsville has the higher population (663 vs 67 in Hobbs). Hobbs has the higher median household income ($93,086 vs $90,978 in Sharpsville). Hobbs has the higher median home value ($134,800 vs $117,800 in Sharpsville).

Population, income & housing

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
Population	67	663
Median age	67.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,086	$90,978
Median home value	$134,800	$117,800
Median gross rent	—	$958
Housing units	49	234
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
Population	92 → 67 (-27.2%)	785 → 663 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$81,250 → $93,086 (+14.6%)	$55,000 → $90,978 (+65.4%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $134,800 (+0.5%)	$86,300 → $117,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$834 → $958 (+14.9%)

Hobbs

Population

9267

Median household income

$81,250$93,086

Median home value

$134,100$134,800

Sharpsville

Population

785663

Median household income

$55,000$90,978

Median home value

$86,300$117,800

Median gross rent

$834$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	16.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	59.7%	11.5%
75 and over	14.9%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
No high school diploma	7.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	74.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	6.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
Drove alone	100.0%	77.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
1-unit, detached	91.8%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Hobbs	Sharpsville
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.8%
Average household size	1.37	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1993	1938