Owingsville vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Owingsville has the higher population (1,977 vs 418 in Sharpsburg). Owingsville has the higher median household income ($40,150 vs $25,385 in Sharpsburg). Owingsville has the higher median home value ($92,700 vs $58,600 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
Population	1,977	418
Median age	41.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,150	$25,385
Median home value	$92,700	$58,600
Median gross rent	$529	$305
Housing units	1,017	198
Homeownership rate	58.6%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
Population	2,129 → 1,977 (-7.1%)	430 → 418 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$34,722 → $40,150 (+15.6%)	$29,423 → $25,385 (-13.7%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $92,700 (+1.1%)	$63,200 → $58,600 (-7.3%)
Median gross rent	$560 → $529 (-5.5%)	$613 → $305 (-50.2%)

Owingsville

Population

2,1291,977

Median household income

$34,722$40,150

Median home value

$91,700$92,700

Median gross rent

$560$529

Sharpsburg

Population

430418

Median household income

$29,423$25,385

Median home value

$63,200$58,600

Median gross rent

$613$305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
Under 5	8.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	21.1%
25 to 34	15.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	17.5%	5.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	20.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.9%
75 and over	9.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	61.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	13.0%	38.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	92.6%	59.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	21.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	63.1%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	23.2%
20 or more units	6.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Owingsville	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	20.3%	27.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1972	1974