Sharon Center vs Valley City

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

Sharon Center and Valley City 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 696 in Valley City). Valley City has the higher median household income ($124,000 vs $106,691 in Sharon Center). Valley City has the higher median home value ($464,900 vs $330,000 in Sharon Center).

Population, income & housing

	Sharon Center	Valley City
Population	1,237	696
Median age	56.2 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$106,691	$124,000
Median home value	$330,000	$464,900
Housing units	538	326
Homeownership rate	81.2%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharon Center	Valley City
Population	1,328 → 1,237 (-6.9%)	520 → 696 (+33.8%)
Median household income	$92,837 → $106,691 (+14.9%)	$82,950 → $124,000 (+49.5%)
Median home value	$244,600 → $330,000 (+34.9%)	$314,100 → $464,900 (+48.0%)

Sharon Center

Population

1,3281,237

Median household income

$92,837$106,691

Median home value

$244,600$330,000

Valley City

Population

520696

Median household income

$82,950$124,000

Median home value

$314,100$464,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sharon Center	Valley City
Under 5	3.6%	1.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	3.8%	16.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	0.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	21.6%
65 to 74	27.0%	21.4%
75 and over	6.2%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharon Center	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
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	2.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharon Center	Valley City
No high school diploma	0.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharon Center	Valley City
Drove alone	82.9%	64.1%
Carpooled	14.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharon Center	Valley City
1-unit, detached	81.6%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Sharon Center	Valley City
Poverty rate	0.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1971	2002