Brackenridge vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Brackenridge has the higher population (3,203 vs 3,146 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $49,929 in Brackenridge). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $87,700 in Brackenridge).

Population, income & housing

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
Population	3,203	3,146
Median age	50.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,929	$50,833
Median home value	$87,700	$118,800
Median gross rent	$712	$953
Housing units	1,841	1,790
Homeownership rate	66.2%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
Population	3,175 → 3,203 (+0.9%)	3,358 → 3,146 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$41,204 → $49,929 (+21.2%)	$36,360 → $50,833 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$70,800 → $87,700 (+23.9%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $712 (+0.6%)	$792 → $953 (+20.3%)

Brackenridge

Population

3,1753,203

Median household income

$41,204$49,929

Median home value

$70,800$87,700

Median gross rent

$708$712

Sharpsburg

Population

3,3583,146

Median household income

$36,360$50,833

Median home value

$81,800$118,800

Median gross rent

$792$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
Under 5	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	19.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	81.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	44.9%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	77.9%	63.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.1%
Public transit	3.4%	8.3%
Walked	0.9%	5.1%
Bicycle	3.7%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	65.9%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	15.5%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	7.8%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Brackenridge	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	11.8%	17.9%
Average household size	1.89	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938