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Sharpsville borough, Mercer County, PA

4,219 Population
1.4 square miles 3,033 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 45.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,715 ±$3,234 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $33,320 ±$841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$50,363 ±$6,671 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $60,614 ±$2,091
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.1% ±5.9% (546  ±247) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% † 13,135 (±1.3% / ±1,361)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.5 minutes ±2.7 (34,265  ±6,358) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 22 950,800 (±0.7 / ±40,464)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,980 ±174 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 46,123 ±500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (4,213  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 103,241 (±0 / ±93)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.6% ±3.5% (30  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 5.8% † 1,264 (±1% / ±225)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,076 ±162 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 50,884 ±165
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$117,200 ±$10,519 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mercer County: $153,600 ±$3,869
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.7% ±3.2% (279  ±134.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mercer County: 9.1% 9,951 (±0.7% / ±807.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.1% ±7.7% (2,900  ±318.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 91.3% 71,869 (±1.9% / ±1,463.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
25.5% ±5.9% (793  ±192) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 25.1% 19,738 (±1.1% / ±830.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3% ±3% (128  ±127) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Mercer County: 1.7% 1,834
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2.8% ±1.5% (95  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Mercer County: 8.7% 7,707 (±0.6% / ±500)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
95 Total veterans ±51 85 Male ±42 10 Female ±16

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