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Population (year 2000): 421. Estimated
population in July 2005: 451 (+7.1% change)
Males: 207 (49.2%), Females: 214 (50.8%)
Zip code:
29742
Median resident age: 33.6 years
Median household income: $35,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $81,300 (year 2000)
Races in Sharon:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.5%)
- Black (3.8%)
- American Indian (1.4%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: United States (29.2%), Irish
(19.2%), German (10.7%), English (5.7%), Scotch-Irish (5.2%),
French (1.2%).
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sharon
- High school or higher: 57.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 7.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 36.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sharon town
- Never married: 20.3%
- Now married: 59.5%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 7.6%
- Divorced: 10.1%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +160 (+61.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sharon:
- CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; CHESTER,
SC)
- KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL INC (about 20 miles; KINGS
MOUNTAIN, NC)
- HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITAITON HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
ROCK HILL, SC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sharon:
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 33 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 54 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTL (about 61 miles; GREER,
SC; ID: GSP)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sharon:
- CHESTER MUNI (about 16 miles; CHESTER, SC; ID: 9A6)
- ROCK HILL/YORK CO/BRYANT FIELD (about 21 miles; ROCK
HILL, SC; ID: UZA)
- GASTONIA MUNI (about 23 miles; GASTONIA, NC; ID: AKH)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sharon:
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
Full-time enrollment: 4,976)
- YORK TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 23 miles; ROCK HILL,
SC; FT enrollment: 2,221)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 29 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SPARTANBURG (about
43 miles; SPARTANBURG, SC; FT enrollment: 3,041)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 49
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
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