Richmondville vs Sharon Springs

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

Richmondville 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.

Richmondville has the higher population (1,001 vs 635 in Sharon Springs). Sharon Springs has the higher median household income ($50,865 vs $46,571 in Richmondville). Richmondville has the higher median home value ($155,100 vs $117,000 in Sharon Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
Population	1,001	635
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,571	$50,865
Median home value	$155,100	$117,000
Median gross rent	$835	$1,165
Housing units	448	290
Homeownership rate	53.0%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
Population	841 → 1,001 (+19.0%)	563 → 635 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$58,375 → $46,571 (-20.2%)	$44,643 → $50,865 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $155,100 (+32.3%)	$98,300 → $117,000 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $835 (+17.4%)	$746 → $1,165 (+56.2%)

Richmondville

Population

8411,001

Median household income

$58,375$46,571

Median home value

$117,200$155,100

Median gross rent

$711$835

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)

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
Under 5	4.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	26.6%	24.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	3.8%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.3%
75 and over	4.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	35.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
Drove alone	68.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	12.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	12.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
1-unit, detached	46.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	2.8%
20 or more units	8.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Richmondville	Sharon Springs
Poverty rate	14.3%	27.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1970	1938