Riverview vs Sharon

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

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

Riverview has the higher population (2,215 vs 515 in Sharon). Riverview has the higher median household income ($131,158 vs $44,125 in Sharon). Riverview has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $207,400 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Riverview	Sharon
Population	2,215	515
Median age	40.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$131,158	$44,125
Median home value	$484,800	$207,400
Median gross rent	$677	$933
Housing units	789	227
Homeownership rate	64.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverview	Sharon
Population	1,112 → 2,215 (+99.2%)	495 → 515 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$110,500 → $131,158 (+18.7%)	$48,250 → $44,125 (-8.5%)
Median home value	$388,900 → $484,800 (+24.7%)	$87,100 → $207,400 (+138.1%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $677 (-23.4%)	$675 → $933 (+38.2%)

Riverview

Population

1,1122,215

Median household income

$110,500$131,158

Median home value

$388,900$484,800

Median gross rent

$884$677

Sharon

Population

495515

Median household income

$48,250$44,125

Median home value

$87,100$207,400

Median gross rent

$675$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverview	Sharon
Under 5	3.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	13.2%
25 to 34	6.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	32.9%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	6.2%
55 to 64	6.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	23.3%
75 and over	4.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverview	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	85.4%
Black or African American	13.3%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverview	Sharon
No high school diploma	19.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverview	Sharon
Drove alone	56.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	23.7%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverview	Sharon
1-unit, detached	66.9%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.6%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Riverview	Sharon
Poverty rate	4.6%	18.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1997	2000