Sharon vs Sharpsville

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

Sharon and Sharpsville 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 4,219 in Sharpsville). Sharpsville has the higher median household income ($50,363 vs $44,595 in Sharon). Sharpsville has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $79,100 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Sharon	Sharpsville
Population	13,019	4,219
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,595	$50,363
Median home value	$79,100	$117,200
Median gross rent	$780	$810
Housing units	7,018	2,076
Homeownership rate	52.3%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharon	Sharpsville
Population	13,227 → 13,019 (-1.6%)	4,168 → 4,219 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$32,470 → $44,595 (+37.3%)	$46,523 → $50,363 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $79,100 (+20.9%)	$87,000 → $117,200 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $780 (+33.3%)	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)

Sharon

Population

13,22713,019

Median household income

$32,470$44,595

Median home value

$65,400$79,100

Median gross rent

$585$780

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)

	Sharon	Sharpsville
Under 5	6.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.5%
75 and over	6.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharon	Sharpsville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	88.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharon	Sharpsville
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	43.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharon	Sharpsville
Drove alone	84.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	9.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	8.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharon	Sharpsville
1-unit, detached	68.7%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	9.0%	13.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Sharon	Sharpsville
Poverty rate	21.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1948	1953