Gleason vs Sharon

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

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

Gleason has the higher population (1,179 vs 1,105 in Sharon). Gleason has the higher median household income ($58,906 vs $33,385 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median home value ($95,900 vs $83,700 in Gleason).

Population, income & housing

	Gleason	Sharon
Population	1,179	1,105
Median age	39.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,906	$33,385
Median home value	$83,700	$95,900
Median gross rent	$668	$618
Housing units	573	575
Homeownership rate	79.4%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gleason	Sharon
Population	1,464 → 1,179 (-19.5%)	1,067 → 1,105 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$41,923 → $58,906 (+40.5%)	$34,583 → $33,385 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$68,400 → $83,700 (+22.4%)	$72,500 → $95,900 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $668 (+3.4%)	$537 → $618 (+15.1%)

Gleason

Population

1,4641,179

Median household income

$41,923$58,906

Median home value

$68,400$83,700

Median gross rent

$646$668

Sharon

Population

1,0671,105

Median household income

$34,583$33,385

Median home value

$72,500$95,900

Median gross rent

$537$618

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gleason	Sharon
Under 5	4.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	6.9%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.7%
75 and over	4.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gleason	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gleason	Sharon
No high school diploma	10.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	49.7%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gleason	Sharon
Drove alone	86.3%	83.3%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.4%
Other means	5.4%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gleason	Sharon
1-unit, detached	81.7%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Gleason	Sharon
Poverty rate	11.0%	13.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1967	1967