Sharpsville vs West Middlesex

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

Sharpsville and West Middlesex 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 1,063 in West Middlesex). West Middlesex has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $50,363 in Sharpsville). West Middlesex has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $117,200 in Sharpsville).

Population, income & housing

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
Population	4,219	1,063
Median age	43.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,363	$82,500
Median home value	$117,200	$156,100
Median gross rent	$810	$792
Housing units	2,076	452
Homeownership rate	62.4%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
Population	4,168 → 4,219 (+1.2%)	861 → 1,063 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$46,523 → $50,363 (+8.3%)	$46,354 → $82,500 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$87,000 → $117,200 (+34.7%)	$96,600 → $156,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $810 (+15.9%)	$641 → $792 (+23.6%)

Sharpsville

Population

4,1684,219

Median household income

$46,523$50,363

Median home value

$87,000$117,200

Median gross rent

$699$810

West Middlesex

Population

8611,063

Median household income

$46,354$82,500

Median home value

$96,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$641$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
Under 5	5.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	22.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	11.9%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	26.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.7%
75 and over	12.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	97.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
Drove alone	81.5%	85.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
1-unit, detached	71.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	13.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Sharpsville	West Middlesex
Poverty rate	13.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1953	1946