Hermitage vs Sharpsville

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

Hermitage and Sharpsville 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 4,219 in Sharpsville). Hermitage has the higher median household income ($72,464 vs $50,363 in Sharpsville). Hermitage has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $117,200 in Sharpsville).

Population, income & housing

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
Population	16,132	4,219
Median age	49.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,464	$50,363
Median home value	$187,600	$117,200
Median gross rent	$874	$810
Housing units	7,983	2,076
Homeownership rate	72.7%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
Population	15,693 → 16,132 (+2.8%)	4,168 → 4,219 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$56,026 → $72,464 (+29.3%)	$46,523 → $50,363 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$149,000 → $187,600 (+25.9%)	$87,000 → $117,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $874 (+8.2%)	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)

Hermitage

Population

15,69316,132

Median household income

$56,026$72,464

Median home value

$149,000$187,600

Median gross rent

$808$874

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)

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
Under 5	3.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.5%
75 and over	14.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	3.4%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
Drove alone	82.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
1-unit, detached	71.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	5.2%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hermitage	Sharpsville
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1971	1953