With 4,187 people, Sharpsville is a city in Pennsylvania. The median age is 44.9, about 6 years above the US median. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. The typical home is worth $121,300, having risen by half since 2000. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 34%. The foreign-born share is 3%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,439, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.9
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 7%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Sharpsville
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree16.6% → 20.8%(+4.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Homes owned by their occupants70.1% → 60.6%(−9.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Population4,729 → 4,187(−11%)US over the same years: +35%
Sharpsville's population equals 3.8% of Mercer County's. Its number of veterans equals 2.0% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 7.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20.1%(30)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)40.3%(60)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era12.1%(18)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.7%(13)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 149 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Sharpsville, decade by decade
Sharpsville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,729
$55,528
$90,243
16.6%
5.8
2000
4,500
$59,350
$130,066
16.7%
10.7
2010
4,415
$66,597
$118,251
19.8%
12.7
2020
4,255
$48,120
$115,750
19.2%
21.6
2024
4,187
$51,439
$121,300
20.8%
25.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
