New Market vs Sharpsburg

A side-by-side comparison of New Market and Sharpsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

New Market and Sharpsburg are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Market has the higher population (407 vs 79 in Sharpsburg). New Market has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $46,964 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $92,000 in New Market).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Sharpsburg
Population	407	79
Median age	48.0 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$46,964
Median home value	$92,000	$96,700
Median gross rent	$827	—
Housing units	229	45
Homeownership rate	75.5%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Sharpsburg
Population	469 → 407 (-13.2%)	123 → 79 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$48,523 → $58,125 (+19.8%)	$48,281 → $46,964 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$65,600 → $92,000 (+40.2%)	$37,500 → $96,700 (+157.9%)
Median gross rent	$515 → $827 (+60.6%)	$741 → $1,042 (+40.6%)

New Market

Population

469407

Median household income

$48,523$58,125

Median home value

$65,600$92,000

Median gross rent

$515$827

Sharpsburg

Population

12379

Median household income

$48,281$46,964

Median home value

$37,500$96,700

Median gross rent

$741$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Market	Sharpsburg
Under 5	2.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	20.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	38.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	1.3%
75 and over	10.1%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	37.7%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	76.0%	59.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	41.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	96.5%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	New Market	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	13.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.08	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1946	1938