Demographics of Sharon city, Pennsylvania

Sharon city, Pennsylvania had 12,648 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −479 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Sharon city, in four figures

12,648
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 12,936 ±29.; −3.6%
Change since July 2020: −479 people.; 43.0 ±3.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $45,670 ±$5,603
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Sharon city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 3.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Sharon city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Sharon city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 3.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Sharon city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	13,127	100.0	100.0
2021	13,064	99.5	100.2
2022	12,933	98.5	100.7
2023	12,806	97.6	101.6
2024	12,733	97.0	102.5
2025	12,648	96.4	103.1

Population of Sharon city, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	13,127	—
2021	13,064	−63
2022	12,933	−131
2023	12,806	−127
2024	12,733	−73
2025	12,648	−85

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.0 ±3.7: for men 38.3 ±2.7 and for women 45.8 ±4.0. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Sharon city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	824 ±161	6.4% ±1.2	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,835 ±290	14.2% ±2.2	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,173 ±282	9.1% ±2.2	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,941 ±372	22.7% ±2.9	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,792 ±439	29.3% ±3.4	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,371 ±332	18.3% ±2.6	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $45,670 ±$5,603, and income per person $26,858 ±$2,032, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Sharon city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	1,897 ±360	30.8% ±5.7	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,443 ±288	23.4% ±4.6	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,233 ±239	20.0% ±3.8	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	534 ±148	8.7% ±2.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	807 ±218	13.1% ±3.5	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	157 ±73	2.6% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	16 to 152	0.3% to 2.5%	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Sharon city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	2,553 ±483	20.0% ±3.8	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	666 ±199	25.4% ±6.8	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,203 ±300	17.2% ±4.1	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	684 ±180	21.5% ±5.1	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Sharon city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Sharon city	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	7,000 ±315	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	87.9% ±5.6	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	12.1% ±3.6	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	53.0% ±4.2	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	47.0% ±4.5	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$78,800 ±$10,718	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$827 ±$140	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1947 ±3	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Sharon city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	534 ±202	4.1% ±1.6	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,243 ±456	71.5% ±3.5	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,287 ±334	17.7% ±2.6	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1 to 71	< 0.1% to 0.5%	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 9	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 19	0% to 0.1%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	833 ±316	6.4% ±2.4	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Sharon city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	9,583 ±452	74.1% ±3.5	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,833 ±447	21.9% ±3.5	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	15 to 161	0.1% to 1.2%	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	432 ±158	3.3% ±1.2	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	367 ±146	2.8% ±1.1	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	24 to 106	0.2% to 0.8%	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Sharon city among the places of Pennsylvania

62nd of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Sharon city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Washington city	13,368 ±27
Pottsville city	13,364 ±24
Coatesville city	13,353 ±32
Butler city	13,212 ±49
Bloomsburg town	13,024 ±40
Sharon city	12,936 ±29
Meadville city	12,577 ±23
St. Marys city	12,529 ±18
Jefferson Hills borough	12,317 ±44
Yeadon borough	12,181 ±20
New Kensington city	12,011 ±31

Rankings this appears in

No. 9 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate
No. 12 Places in Pennsylvania by median age
No. 72 Places in Pennsylvania by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 98 Places in Pennsylvania by foreign-born share
No. 132 Places in Pennsylvania by homeownership rate
No. 151 Places in Pennsylvania by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026