Pitcairn vs Sharpsburg

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

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

Sharpsburg has the higher population (3,146 vs 3,065 in Pitcairn). Sharpsburg has the higher median household income ($50,833 vs $34,400 in Pitcairn). Sharpsburg has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $68,600 in Pitcairn).

Population, income & housing

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
Population	3,065	3,146
Median age	39.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$34,400	$50,833
Median home value	$68,600	$118,800
Median gross rent	$765	$953
Housing units	1,696	1,790
Homeownership rate	35.9%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
Population	3,195 → 3,065 (-4.1%)	3,358 → 3,146 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$32,864 → $34,400 (+4.7%)	$36,360 → $50,833 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $68,600 (+0.7%)	$81,800 → $118,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $765 (+11.4%)	$792 → $953 (+20.3%)

Pitcairn

Population

3,1953,065

Median household income

$32,864$34,400

Median home value

$68,100$68,600

Median gross rent

$687$765

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)

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
Under 5	10.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.4%	19.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.0%
75 and over	6.3%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	81.3%
Black or African American	31.4%	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	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
No high school diploma	9.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	42.1%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
Drove alone	64.6%	63.9%
Carpooled	19.1%	4.1%
Public transit	6.6%	8.3%
Walked	1.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
1-unit, detached	40.3%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	17.9%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	8.5%
20 or more units	14.0%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Pitcairn	Sharpsburg
Poverty rate	21.9%	17.9%
Average household size	2.23	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1952	1938