Media vs Sharon Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Media and Sharon Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sharon Hill has the higher population (5,978 vs 5,868 in Media). Media has the higher median household income ($86,219 vs $68,529 in Sharon Hill). Media has the higher median home value ($398,400 vs $163,200 in Sharon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Media	Sharon Hill
Population	5,868	5,978
Median age	43.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,219	$68,529
Median home value	$398,400	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,302
Housing units	3,206	2,134
Homeownership rate	38.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Media	Sharon Hill
Population	5,487 → 5,868 (+6.9%)	5,684 → 5,978 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$77,708 → $86,219 (+11.0%)	$57,206 → $68,529 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $398,400 (+20.2%)	$119,400 → $163,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,359 (+16.5%)	$1,182 → $1,302 (+10.2%)

Media

Population

5,4875,868

Median household income

$77,708$86,219

Median home value

$331,400$398,400

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,359

Sharon Hill

Population

5,6845,978

Median household income

$57,206$68,529

Median home value

$119,400$163,200

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Media	Sharon Hill
Under 5	1.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	27.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	23.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	4.3%
75 and over	7.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Media	Sharon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	18.3%
Black or African American	3.1%	71.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Media	Sharon Hill
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	15.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Media	Sharon Hill
Drove alone	62.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.2%
Public transit	6.6%	10.8%
Walked	3.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Media	Sharon Hill
1-unit, detached	15.4%	13.8%
1-unit, attached	24.8%	65.7%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	6.3%
20 or more units	22.2%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Media	Sharon Hill
Poverty rate	4.1%	23.8%
Average household size	1.85	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1960	1955