Grove City vs Sharon

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

Grove City 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 7,861 in Grove City). Grove City has the higher median household income ($56,420 vs $44,595 in Sharon). Grove City has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $79,100 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Grove City	Sharon
Population	7,861	13,019
Median age	25.7 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,420	$44,595
Median home value	$165,900	$79,100
Median gross rent	$858	$780
Housing units	2,723	7,018
Homeownership rate	58.2%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grove City	Sharon
Population	7,945 → 7,861 (-1.1%)	13,227 → 13,019 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$54,875 → $56,420 (+2.8%)	$32,470 → $44,595 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$126,500 → $165,900 (+31.1%)	$65,400 → $79,100 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $858 (+18.2%)	$585 → $780 (+33.3%)

Grove City

Population

7,9457,861

Median household income

$54,875$56,420

Median home value

$126,500$165,900

Median gross rent

$726$858

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)

	Grove City	Sharon
Under 5	1.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	35.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	8.1%	14.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grove City	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	75.7%
Black or African American	2.2%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grove City	Sharon
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grove City	Sharon
Drove alone	64.2%	84.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.2%
Walked	12.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	4.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grove City	Sharon
1-unit, detached	62.4%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Grove City	Sharon
Poverty rate	8.5%	21.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1951	1948