Community & Data
Sharon Demographics
A Portrait of Sharon
Sharon covers 23.4 square miles of land in Norfolk County and holds about 793 people per square mile, which is suburban density with a lot of forest in it. More than a quarter of its residents are under 18, close to one in five is 65 or over, and almost one in four was born outside the United States. More than a quarter of its residents speak a language other than English at home. Nearly nine in ten of its homes are owner occupied, and households average 2.9 people. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov), American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024.
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 18,575
- Households: 6,393
- Persons per household: 2.9
- Foreign-born: 23.3% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 17.6%
- Under 18: 27.2%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 66.4%
- Asian: 20.3%
- Black or African American: 4.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.3%
- Two or more races: 8.2%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 25.8%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $191,835
- Poverty rate: 3.8%
- Median home value: $737,100
- Median gross rent: $2,310
- Homeownership: 87.7% of units
- In the labor force: 70.6%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from August 22, 2026. As in most of the state, Sharon’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all. By the May 19, 2026 town election the Town Clerk’s certified sheet counted 14,048 registered voters, and 1,923 of them cast a ballot that filled eleven town offices for everyone else.
- Total registered: 14,131
- Unenrolled (no party): 9,608 (67.99%)
- Democrats: 3,698 (26.17%)
- Republicans: 759 (5.37%)
- Political designations: 66 (0.47%)
Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Sharon
- MA Secretary of the Commonwealth, Voter Registration
- MA DESE, Sharon
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Elections Calendar: August 22, 2026 was the last day to register to vote and change party enrollment for the September 1, 2026 state primary (G. L. c. 51, sections 26 and 28), which is the date this enrollment count is as of.
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