Sharon, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 6,024, Rural population: 0)

Sharon, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 2,090 (2,060 occupied: 1,791 owner occupied, 269 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	13%
State:	38%

Housing density: 699 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $1,087 (lower quartile is $841, upper quartile is $1,280)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,274

Median gross rent in Sharon, MA in 2007: $1,220

Housing units in Sharon with a mortgage: 1,169 (99 second mortgage, 197 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 497

Sharon,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $404,843 (it was $218,000 in 2000)

Sharon:	$404,843
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $338,559 - $506,819

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $419,956
Here: $419,956
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $239,083
Here: $239,083
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $584,088
Here: $584,088
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $476,597
Here: $476,597
State: $431,982

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,020

In family households: 5,618 (1,376 male householders, 370 female householders)
1,509 spouses, 2,205 children (2,130 natural, 69 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 15 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 402 (121 male householders (111 living alone)), 255 female householders (244 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 635 2-persons, 390 3-persons, 449 4-persons, 170 5-persons, 83 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 355 1-person, 21 2-persons.

1,594 married couples with children.
169 single-parent households (35 men, 134 women).

87.3% of residents of Sharon speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
7.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.3% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 662 (11.0%)
(65.7% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.2
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.6
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Sharon, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 6 4 rooms: 38 5 rooms: 185 6 rooms: 301 7 rooms: 527 8 rooms: 451 9 or more rooms: 283

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sharon, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 23 3 rooms: 25 4 rooms: 79 5 rooms: 65 6 rooms: 35 7 rooms: 13 8 rooms: 24 9 or more rooms: 5

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 0
1995 to 1998: 28
1990 to 1994: 46
1980 to 1989: 57
1970 to 1979: 218
1960 to 1969: 265
1950 to 1959: 612
1940 to 1949: 200
1939 or earlier: 664

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Sharon:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 18 2 bedrooms: 223 3 bedrooms: 933 4 bedrooms: 475 5 or more bedrooms: 142

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Sharon:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 51 2 bedrooms: 135 3 bedrooms: 47 4 bedrooms: 36 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Sharon in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 23 1 vehicle: 516 2 vehicles: 911 3 vehicles: 291 4 vehicles: 30 5 or more vehicles: 20

Cars and other vehicles available in Sharon in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 13 1 vehicle: 133 2 vehicles: 123 3 vehicles: 0 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Sharon, MA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 2
$50,000 to $59,999: 4
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 0
$150,000 to $174,999: 0
$175,000 to $199,999: 14
$200,000 to $249,999: 88
$250,000 to $299,999: 179
$300,000 to $399,999: 586
$400,000 to $499,999: 403
$500,000 to $749,999: 439
$750,000 to $999,999: 59
$1,000,000 or more: 17

Sharon rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Sharon:

Less than $100: 4 people
$100 to $149: 2
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 0
$300 to $349: 2
$350 to $399: 5
$400 to $449: 5
$450 to $499: 8
$500 to $549: 8
$550 to $599: 3
$600 to $649: 0
$650 to $699: 3
$700 to $749: 6
$750 to $799: 5
$800 to $899: 18
$900 to $999: 23
$1,000 to $1,249: 98
$1,250 to $1,499: 34
$1,500 to $1,999: 22
$2,000 or more: 13
No cash rent: 9

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 100 1990 to 1994: 59 1985 to 1989: 85 1980 to 1984: 105 1975 to 1979: 44 1970 to 1974: 47 1970 to 1974: 75 1965 to 1969: 147

Sharon, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 50.3%
Number of people working at home: 142 (4.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 47
5 to 9 minutes: 195
10 to 14 minutes: 260
15 to 19 minutes: 275
20 to 24 minutes: 265
25 to 29 minutes: 125
30 to 34 minutes: 353
35 to 39 minutes: 138
40 to 44 minutes: 176
45 to 59 minutes: 497
60 to 89 minutes: 367
90 or more minutes: 58

Sharon mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 2,115 (73%)
Carpooled: 234 (8%)
Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
Railroad: 325 (11%)
Walked: 67 (2%)
Other means: 4 (0%)
Worked at home: 142 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 46
$10,000 to $14,999: 73
$15,000 to $19,999: 56
$20,000 to $24,999: 57
$25,000 to $29,999: 105
$30,000 to $34,999: 102
$35,000 to $39,999: 54
$40,000 to $44,999: 70
$45,000 to $49,999: 104
$50,000 to $59,999: 153
$60,000 to $74,999: 250
$75,000 to $99,999: 321
$100,000 to $124,999: 270
$125,000 to $149,999: 97
$150,000 to $199,999: 185
$200,000 or more: 179

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 1075

Irish: 733

Russian: 652

English: 375

United States or American: 368

Italian: 332

German: 188

Polish: 185

Eastern European: 166

European: 140

Arab:: 90

Scottish: 81

Lithuanian: 81

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 77

Swedish: 73

Scotch-Irish: 70

British: 64

Subsaharan African:: 62

Ukrainian: 62

French (except Basque): 49

Cape Verdean: 49

French Canadian: 47

Haitian: 46

Portuguese: 41

Lebanese: 38

Hungarian: 33

Other Arab: 29

Albanian: 25

Canadian: 23

Dutch: 21

Barbadian: 19

Scandinavian: 17

Syrian: 17

Greek: 13

African: 13

Czech: 12

Welsh: 12

Jamaican: 12

Finnish: 10

Israeli: 9

Brazilian: 7

Danish: 7

Turkish: 6

Czechoslovakian: 6

Moroccan: 6

Latvian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Russia (26%)
Canada (12%)
United Kingdom (7%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Philippines (5%)
Haiti (4%)
Israel (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 3698
Northeast: 1084
Midwest: 182
South: 176
West: 152

76% of Sharon residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 18
9th grade: 7
10th grade: 22
11th grade: 5
12th grade, no diploma: 25
High school graduate (or equivalency): 249
Less than 1 year of college: 79
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 178
Associate degree: 174
Bachelor's degree: 472
Master's degree: 346
Professional school degree: 154
Doctorate degree: 143

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 4
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 10
9th grade: 6
10th grade: 6
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 46
High school graduate (or equivalency): 380
Less than 1 year of college: 116
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 177
Associate degree: 178
Bachelor's degree: 612
Master's degree: 404
Professional school degree: 119
Doctorate degree: 33

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 5.3%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $93,264
Black householders: $58,265
Asian householders: $174,300
Some other race householders: $79,007
Two or more races householders: $158,423
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $75,203

Sharon household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Sharon household income for Black householders

Sharon household income for Asian householders

Sharon household income for Some other race householders

Sharon household income for Two or more races householders

Sharon household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Sharon marital status for males

Sharon marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $397,786
Black or African American householders: $367,330
Asian householders: $412,086
Some other race householders: $332,788
Two or more races householders: $1,160,674

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,834
One, attached: 17
Two: 126
3 or 4: 41
5 to 9: 14
10 to 19: 37
20 to 49: 14
50 or more: 7

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Sharon:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (54%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%) Electricity (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (47%) Electricity (27%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 275

Here:	28.1%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56

Here:	15.3%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 61

Here:	50.8%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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