About Sharon

Sharon is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,794 people and just one neighborhood, Sharon is the 185th largest community in South Carolina.

When you are in Sharon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 46.7% of Sharon's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Sharon is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sharon who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.80%), sales jobs (9.02%), and management occupations (5.12%).

In Sharon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.94 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Sharon is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Sharon, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.62% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Sharon is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Sharon Information and Demographics

The population of Sharon has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.95% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sharon in 2000 was $14,441, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,764 for a family of four.

Sharon is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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, Scotch-Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Sharon is English.