Chippewa Lake vs Sharon Center

A side-by-side comparison of Chippewa Lake and Sharon Center: population, income, housing, and more.

Chippewa Lake and Sharon Center are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sharon Center has the higher population (1,237 vs 671 in Chippewa Lake). Sharon Center has the higher median household income ($106,691 vs $81,542 in Chippewa Lake). Sharon Center has the higher median home value ($330,000 vs $169,900 in Chippewa Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
Population	671	1,237
Median age	51.5 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,542	$106,691
Median home value	$169,900	$330,000
Median gross rent	$1,135	—
Housing units	398	538
Homeownership rate	81.6%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
Population	795 → 671 (-15.6%)	1,328 → 1,237 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $81,542 (+40.0%)	$92,837 → $106,691 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $169,900 (+24.3%)	$244,600 → $330,000 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,135 (+16.6%)	—

Chippewa Lake

Population

795671

Median household income

$58,250$81,542

Median home value

$136,700$169,900

Median gross rent

$973$1,135

Sharon Center

Population

1,3281,237

Median household income

$92,837$106,691

Median home value

$244,600$330,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
Under 5	0.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	3.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	17.6%
65 to 74	20.6%	27.0%
75 and over	4.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.1%
High school graduate	41.5%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
Drove alone	83.7%	82.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	2.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
1-unit, detached	96.2%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chippewa Lake	Sharon Center
Poverty rate	5.7%	0.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1954	1971