Greenville vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (13,019 vs 5,533 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($56,850 vs $44,595 in Sharon). Greenville has the higher median home value ($98,200 vs $79,100 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Sharon
Population	5,533	13,019
Median age	33.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,850	$44,595
Median home value	$98,200	$79,100
Median gross rent	$616	$780
Housing units	2,638	7,018
Homeownership rate	64.0%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Sharon
Population	5,459 → 5,533 (+1.4%)	13,227 → 13,019 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$45,159 → $56,850 (+25.9%)	$32,470 → $44,595 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $98,200 (+33.2%)	$65,400 → $79,100 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $616 (+1.8%)	$585 → $780 (+33.3%)

Greenville

Population

5,4595,533

Median household income

$45,159$56,850

Median home value

$73,700$98,200

Median gross rent

$605$616

Sharon

Population

13,22713,019

Median household income

$32,470$44,595

Median home value

$65,400$79,100

Median gross rent

$585$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Sharon
Under 5	8.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	9.4%	15.0%
18 to 24	23.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.4%
75 and over	7.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	75.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Sharon
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	40.6%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Sharon
Drove alone	75.9%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	10.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	4.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Sharon
1-unit, detached	73.7%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Sharon
Poverty rate	11.6%	21.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1942	1948