Middlesex vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (1,629 vs 1,005 in Middlesex). Middlesex has the higher median household income ($49,931 vs $39,792 in Sharpsburg). Middlesex has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $116,700 in Sharpsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
Population	1,005	1,629
Median age	39.6 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,931	$39,792
Median home value	$213,800	$116,700
Median gross rent	$875	$1,002
Housing units	567	803
Homeownership rate	63.2%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
Population	1,145 → 1,005 (-12.2%)	2,133 → 1,629 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $49,931 (+28.0%)	$26,977 → $39,792 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $213,800 (+78.5%)	$83,000 → $116,700 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $875 (+36.3%)	$764 → $1,002 (+31.2%)

Middlesex

Population

1,1451,005

Median household income

$39,000$49,931

Median home value

$119,800$213,800

Median gross rent

$642$875

Sharpsburg

Population

2,1331,629

Median household income

$26,977$39,792

Median home value

$83,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$764$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
Under 5	5.8%	13.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.5%
75 and over	9.4%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	51.8%	35.4%
Black or African American	24.8%	63.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	14.7%	21.8%
High school graduate	43.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	74.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	14.2%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	76.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Middlesex	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	10.8%	19.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1978	1988