Esperance vs Sharon Springs

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

Esperance and Sharon Springs are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sharon Springs has the higher population (635 vs 238 in Esperance). Esperance has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $50,865 in Sharon Springs). Esperance has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $117,000 in Sharon Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
Population	238	635
Median age	48.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$50,865
Median home value	$170,700	$117,000
Median gross rent	$1,100	$1,165
Housing units	153	290
Homeownership rate	79.7%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
Population	376 → 238 (-36.7%)	563 → 635 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $68,750 (+22.2%)	$44,643 → $50,865 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $170,700 (+36.6%)	$98,300 → $117,000 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,100 (-5.7%)	$746 → $1,165 (+56.2%)

Esperance

Population

376238

Median household income

$56,250$68,750

Median home value

$125,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,100

Sharon Springs

Population

563635

Median household income

$44,643$50,865

Median home value

$98,300$117,000

Median gross rent

$746$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
Under 5	3.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	6.7%	24.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	21.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.2%	3.8%
55 to 64	22.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.3%
75 and over	10.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
Drove alone	78.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
1-unit, detached	69.3%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	23.5%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Esperance	Sharon Springs
Poverty rate	6.7%	27.7%
Average household size	2.02	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938