Darien vs Sharon

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

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

Sharon has the higher population (1,567 vs 1,175 in Darien). Darien has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $63,250 in Sharon). Darien has the higher median home value ($197,200 vs $187,500 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Darien	Sharon
Population	1,175	1,567
Median age	42.3 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,893	$63,250
Median home value	$197,200	$187,500
Median gross rent	$831	$998
Housing units	544	632
Homeownership rate	84.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darien	Sharon
Population	1,704 → 1,175 (-31.0%)	1,609 → 1,567 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$73,333 → $65,893 (-10.1%)	$46,513 → $63,250 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$152,100 → $197,200 (+29.7%)	$143,700 → $187,500 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $831 (-19.6%)	$793 → $998 (+25.9%)

Darien

Population

1,7041,175

Median household income

$73,333$65,893

Median home value

$152,100$197,200

Median gross rent

$1,033$831

Sharon

Population

1,6091,567

Median household income

$46,513$63,250

Median home value

$143,700$187,500

Median gross rent

$793$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darien	Sharon
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	15.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.2%
75 and over	3.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darien	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	68.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	27.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darien	Sharon
No high school diploma	10.1%	17.5%
High school graduate	38.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darien	Sharon
Drove alone	86.8%	85.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	6.1%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darien	Sharon
1-unit, detached	76.3%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Darien	Sharon
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1973	1971