Finley vs Sharon

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

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

Finley has the higher population (322 vs 90 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $73,100 in Finley). Since 2019, Sharon's population has grown faster (+47.5% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Finley	Sharon
Population	322	90
Median age	50.4 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	—
Median home value	$73,100	$162,500
Median gross rent	$642	—
Housing units	218	64
Homeownership rate	77.7%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finley	Sharon
Population	362 → 322 (-11.0%)	61 → 90 (+47.5%)
Median household income	$63,819 → $74,583 (+16.9%)	—
Median home value	$66,800 → $73,100 (+9.4%)	$72,500 → $162,500 (+124.1%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $642 (+9.2%)	—

Finley

Population

362322

Median household income

$63,819$74,583

Median home value

$66,800$73,100

Median gross rent

$588$642

Sharon

Population

6190

Median home value

$72,500$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Finley	Sharon
Under 5	7.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	6.7%
35 to 44	6.2%	2.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	2.2%
55 to 64	9.6%	31.1%
65 to 74	5.3%	26.7%
75 and over	27.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finley	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finley	Sharon
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	28.0%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finley	Sharon
Drove alone	86.5%	46.4%
Carpooled	1.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	14.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	35.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finley	Sharon
1-unit, detached	81.2%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Finley	Sharon
Poverty rate	11.5%	31.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	13	12
Median year structure built	1954	1970