Millvale vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Millvale has the higher population (3,333 vs 3,146 in Sharpsburg). Millvale has the higher median household income ($69,936 vs $50,833 in Sharpsburg). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $109,400 in Millvale).

Population, income & housing

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
Population	3,333	3,146
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,936	$50,833
Median home value	$109,400	$118,800
Median gross rent	$910	$953
Housing units	2,079	1,790
Homeownership rate	42.1%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
Population	3,706 → 3,333 (-10.1%)	3,358 → 3,146 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$41,060 → $69,936 (+70.3%)	$36,360 → $50,833 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $109,400 (+47.6%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $910 (+26.9%)	$792 → $953 (+20.3%)

Millvale

Population

3,7063,333

Median household income

$41,060$69,936

Median home value

$74,100$109,400

Median gross rent

$717$910

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)

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
Under 5	0.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	12.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	18.1%	19.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.0%
75 and over	3.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	81.3%
Black or African American	8.5%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	59.0%	63.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	4.1%
Public transit	7.1%	8.3%
Walked	8.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.5%	17.1%
Other means	3.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	34.4%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	24.9%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.5%
20 or more units	12.9%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Millvale	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	16.5%	17.9%
Average household size	1.96	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938