Sharon Hill vs Swarthmore

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

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

Swarthmore has the higher population (6,524 vs 5,978 in Sharon Hill). Swarthmore has the higher median household income ($146,992 vs $68,529 in Sharon Hill). Swarthmore has the higher median home value ($557,900 vs $163,200 in Sharon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
Population	5,978	6,524
Median age	33.0 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,529	$146,992
Median home value	$163,200	$557,900
Median gross rent	$1,302	$1,493
Housing units	2,134	2,243
Homeownership rate	63.3%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
Population	5,684 → 5,978 (+5.2%)	6,318 → 6,524 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$57,206 → $68,529 (+19.8%)	$107,778 → $146,992 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$119,400 → $163,200 (+36.7%)	$415,200 → $557,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,182 → $1,302 (+10.2%)	$1,021 → $1,493 (+46.2%)

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

Swarthmore

Population

6,3186,524

Median household income

$107,778$146,992

Median home value

$415,200$557,900

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
Under 5	6.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	27.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	26.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	4.3%	9.5%
75 and over	2.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	71.1%
Black or African American	71.4%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
No high school diploma	6.3%	0.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	51.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
Drove alone	63.4%	45.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.0%
Public transit	10.8%	7.5%
Walked	3.4%	21.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.1%	17.6%
Other means	4.2%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
1-unit, detached	13.8%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	65.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	20.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Sharon Hill	Swarthmore
Poverty rate	23.8%	2.8%
Average household size	3.05	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1955	1943