Sandersville vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (2,223 vs 503 in Sandersville). Sharon has the higher median household income ($90,278 vs $47,167 in Sandersville). Sandersville has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $100,100 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Sandersville	Sharon
Population	503	2,223
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,167	$90,278
Median home value	$105,200	$100,100
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	267	876
Homeownership rate	88.2%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sandersville	Sharon
Population	752 → 503 (-33.1%)	1,313 → 2,223 (+69.3%)
Median household income	$38,250 → $47,167 (+23.3%)	$51,393 → $90,278 (+75.7%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $105,200 (+10.7%)	$87,200 → $100,100 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $838 (+0.2%)	—

Sandersville

Population

752503

Median household income

$38,250$47,167

Median home value

$95,000$105,200

Median gross rent

$836$838

Sharon

Population

1,3132,223

Median household income

$51,393$90,278

Median home value

$87,200$100,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sandersville	Sharon
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	26.9%
55 to 64	25.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.7%
75 and over	4.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sandersville	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	79.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sandersville	Sharon
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sandersville	Sharon
Drove alone	95.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	4.6%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sandersville	Sharon
1-unit, detached	89.1%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.6%
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	10.5%	56.5%

Poverty & households

	Sandersville	Sharon
Poverty rate	27.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	45
Median year structure built	1977	1992