Mercer vs Sharpsville

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

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

Sharpsville has the higher population (4,219 vs 1,847 in Mercer). Sharpsville has the higher median household income ($50,363 vs $44,865 in Mercer). Mercer has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $117,200 in Sharpsville).

Population, income & housing

	Mercer	Sharpsville
Population	1,847	4,219
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,865	$50,363
Median home value	$130,300	$117,200
Median gross rent	$644	$810
Housing units	932	2,076
Homeownership rate	54.1%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mercer	Sharpsville
Population	1,784 → 1,847 (+3.5%)	4,168 → 4,219 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$48,015 → $44,865 (-6.6%)	$46,523 → $50,363 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$112,700 → $130,300 (+15.6%)	$87,000 → $117,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $644 (+10.3%)	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)

Mercer

Population

1,7841,847

Median household income

$48,015$44,865

Median home value

$112,700$130,300

Median gross rent

$584$644

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)

	Mercer	Sharpsville
Under 5	9.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mercer	Sharpsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mercer	Sharpsville
No high school diploma	13.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	35.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mercer	Sharpsville
Drove alone	78.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mercer	Sharpsville
1-unit, detached	56.1%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	12.8%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Mercer	Sharpsville
Poverty rate	15.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.17	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1951	1953