Sharpsville vs Tipton

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

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

Tipton has the higher population (5,255 vs 663 in Sharpsville). Sharpsville has the higher median household income ($90,978 vs $64,709 in Tipton). Tipton has the higher median home value ($148,800 vs $117,800 in Sharpsville).

Population, income & housing

	Sharpsville	Tipton
Population	663	5,255
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,978	$64,709
Median home value	$117,800	$148,800
Median gross rent	$958	$853
Housing units	234	2,518
Homeownership rate	86.8%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharpsville	Tipton
Population	785 → 663 (-15.5%)	4,969 → 5,255 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $90,978 (+65.4%)	$52,538 → $64,709 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$86,300 → $117,800 (+36.5%)	$91,200 → $148,800 (+63.2%)
Median gross rent	$834 → $958 (+14.9%)	$775 → $853 (+10.1%)

Sharpsville

Population

785663

Median household income

$55,000$90,978

Median home value

$86,300$117,800

Median gross rent

$834$958

Tipton

Population

4,9695,255

Median household income

$52,538$64,709

Median home value

$91,200$148,800

Median gross rent

$775$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sharpsville	Tipton
Under 5	3.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	27.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.8%
75 and over	3.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharpsville	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharpsville	Tipton
No high school diploma	3.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	41.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharpsville	Tipton
Drove alone	77.6%	70.4%
Carpooled	16.8%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.9%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharpsville	Tipton
1-unit, detached	97.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Sharpsville	Tipton
Poverty rate	6.8%	18.1%
Average household size	3.01	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1938	1950