Hermitage vs Sharon

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

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

Hermitage has the higher population (16,132 vs 13,019 in Sharon). Hermitage has the higher median household income ($72,464 vs $44,595 in Sharon). Hermitage has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $79,100 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Hermitage	Sharon
Population	16,132	13,019
Median age	49.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,464	$44,595
Median home value	$187,600	$79,100
Median gross rent	$874	$780
Housing units	7,983	7,018
Homeownership rate	72.7%	52.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hermitage	Sharon
Population	15,693 → 16,132 (+2.8%)	13,227 → 13,019 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$56,026 → $72,464 (+29.3%)	$32,470 → $44,595 (+37.3%)
Median home value	$149,000 → $187,600 (+25.9%)	$65,400 → $79,100 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $874 (+8.2%)	$585 → $780 (+33.3%)

Hermitage

Population

15,69316,132

Median household income

$56,026$72,464

Median home value

$149,000$187,600

Median gross rent

$808$874

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)

	Hermitage	Sharon
Under 5	3.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.4%
75 and over	14.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hermitage	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	75.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hermitage	Sharon
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.2%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hermitage	Sharon
Drove alone	82.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hermitage	Sharon
1-unit, detached	71.7%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hermitage	Sharon
Poverty rate	10.1%	21.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1971	1948