Bellingham vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (6,022 vs 4,939 in Bellingham). Sharon has the higher median household income ($183,239 vs $88,731 in Bellingham). Sharon has the higher median home value ($614,300 vs $385,300 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Sharon
Population	4,939	6,022
Median age	46.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,731	$183,239
Median home value	$385,300	$614,300
Median gross rent	$1,995	$2,469
Housing units	2,138	2,117
Homeownership rate	66.0%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	83.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Sharon
Population	4,383 → 4,939 (+12.7%)	5,914 → 6,022 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$87,045 → $88,731 (+1.9%)	$144,333 → $183,239 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$278,300 → $385,300 (+38.4%)	$471,900 → $614,300 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,995 (+52.2%)	$1,442 → $2,469 (+71.2%)

Bellingham

Population

4,3834,939

Median household income

$87,045$88,731

Median home value

$278,300$385,300

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,995

Sharon

Population

5,9146,022

Median household income

$144,333$183,239

Median home value

$471,900$614,300

Median gross rent

$1,442$2,469

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Sharon
Under 5	4.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.0%
75 and over	8.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	72.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	14.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Sharon
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	6.3%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	46.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Sharon
Drove alone	82.6%	54.2%
Carpooled	4.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.9%	16.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.5%	25.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Sharon
1-unit, detached	55.3%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	13.8%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Sharon
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1979	1955