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Sharon, MS

1,910 Population
8.6 square miles 223 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±10.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 38.6 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,911 ±$8,539 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $28,820 ±$1,360
  • a little higher than the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,188 ±$51,992 Median household income
  • about double the amount in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: $51,236 ±$2,578
  • nearly double the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18% ±16% (343  ±335) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 18.9% † 15,268 (±2.2% / ±1,747)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

51.6 minutes ±36.4 (51,320  ±44,880) Mean travel time to work
  • about double the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 25.9 836,430 (±1.5 / ±56,563)
  • about double the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

704 ±266 Number of households
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 31,604 ±632
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (1,910  ±759) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.6 80,824 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

748 ±265 Number of housing units
  • the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 36,959 ±45
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

1.8% ±2.4% (35  ±48.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 7.7% † 6,246 (±1.3% / ±1,088.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.3% ±46.4% (1,308  ±415) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 88% 48,072 (±3.3% / ±1,828.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±6% (202  ±117.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 19% 10,351 (±1.5% / ±807.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.5% ±2.8% (48  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 2.4% 1,999
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.5% ±4.1% (144  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Laurel, MS Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,802 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
144 Total veterans ±86 97 Male ±68 47 Female ±54

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