About Sharon

Sharon is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,968 people and just one neighborhood, Sharon is the 149th largest community in Connecticut. Much of the housing stock in Sharon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sharon is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sharon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharon who work in management occupations (14.30%), office and administrative support jobs (11.58%), and sales jobs (11.31%).

Of important note, Sharon is also a town of artists. Sharon has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sharon's character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.93% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Sharon is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Sharon is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sharon really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sharon perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

In Sharon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

In Sharon, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Sharon is a relatively small town. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Sharon Information and Demographics

The education level of Sharon citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 36.26% of adults in Sharon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sharon in 2000 was $45,418, which is wealthy relative to Connecticut and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $181,672 for a family of four.

The people who call Sharon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sharon is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sharon include Irish, English, German, Italian, Scottish, Polish, Swedish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sharon is English. Some people also speak Spanish.