Pennsylvania · Census place 4269720

Sharon, Pennsylvania

Sharon is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 12,744 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,744
#50 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-387 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
3,380 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Sharon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Sharon population, 2020 to 2024

Sharon lost 387 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -74. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 167th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Sharon is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,151. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sharon covers 3.77 square miles of land, for 3,380 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Sharon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sharon is in

All of Sharon's residents live in Mercer County, which had 108,140 residents in 2024. Sharon holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sharon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sharon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 16146. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Sharon is

The Census internal point of Sharon is at 41.234000, -80.499800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 200.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hermitage, PA (15,839 people), 3.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 54.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.234000, -80.499800
DMS
41°14'2.40"N 80°29'59.28"W
UTM
17N 541918.5E 4564854.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HX6GM2+J3

Daylight in Sharon

At 41.23° N, Sharon gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sharon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Farrell, 1.6 miles away, with 4,142 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sharon, PA?

12,744 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 387 (2.9%) from 13,131 in July 2020.

What county is Sharon in?

Mercer County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sharon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16146.

How far is Sharon from Harrisburg?

200.8 miles (323.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Sharon.

What is the nearest larger city to Sharon?

Hermitage, PA, with 15,839 residents, 3.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.