Farrell vs Sharpsville

A side-by-side comparison of Farrell and Sharpsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farrell has the higher population (4,239 vs 4,219 in Sharpsville). Sharpsville has the higher median household income ($50,363 vs $40,405 in Farrell). Sharpsville has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $76,200 in Farrell).

Population, income & housing

	Farrell	Sharpsville
Population	4,239	4,219
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$50,363
Median home value	$76,200	$117,200
Median gross rent	$832	$810
Housing units	2,249	2,076
Homeownership rate	60.0%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farrell	Sharpsville
Population	4,682 → 4,239 (-9.5%)	4,168 → 4,219 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$30,400 → $40,405 (+32.9%)	$46,523 → $50,363 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$55,400 → $76,200 (+37.5%)	$87,000 → $117,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $832 (+16.4%)	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)

Farrell

Population

4,6824,239

Median household income

$30,400$40,405

Median home value

$55,400$76,200

Median gross rent

$715$832

Sharpsville

Population

4,1684,219

Median household income

$46,523$50,363

Median home value

$87,000$117,200

Median gross rent

$699$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farrell	Sharpsville
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	3.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.5%
75 and over	9.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farrell	Sharpsville
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	88.2%
Black or African American	49.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farrell	Sharpsville
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	44.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farrell	Sharpsville
Drove alone	82.7%	81.5%
Carpooled	12.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	8.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farrell	Sharpsville
1-unit, detached	74.6%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Farrell	Sharpsville
Poverty rate	28.4%	13.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1958	1953