Sharon TownshipIL
A town of 2,814.
Is Sharon Township a good place to live?
Sharon Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 527th of 767 in Illinois, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $107K. Its lowest everyday mark is in health: residents are less healthy than 64% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $222K, 3.6 years of the county’s $61K median household income. 17% of residents are under 18 in Sharon Township, below both the Illinois town median (22%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
Sharon Township has grown 14% since 2010
2,441 counted in 2010 and 2,968 in 2020; an estimated 2,814 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 6.5%, after 21.6% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Sharon Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Sharon Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Sharon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sharon Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sharon Township.
Sharon Township sends most of its workers to Vandalia and beyond, but it has little public open land and trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Most working residents commute out of Sharon Township
Sharon Township has 30 jobs for its 909 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Sharon Township for work: only 0% work in town. 15% of Sharon Township residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Vandalia (25%), Effingham (5%) and Springfield (4%).
| Sharon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $107,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Illinois overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (39% statewide); people 65 and older are 11% of residents (17% statewide). Sharon Township has lost 6.5% of its people since 2020, down to 2,814 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 35% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sharon Township.
| Sharon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 158 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.7 points). Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Sharon Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16.2% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.4% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.2% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.9% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.2% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,800, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Sharon Township
Sharon Township has chilly winters and warm summers. Sharon Township’s July high is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sharon Township’s grade for health is a C+
Against the 7,646 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sharon Township’s, it is less healthy than 90%, so it trails even them.
Sharon Township beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| Sharon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Sharon Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 15% | 10.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 9% | 6.3% |
| More smokers | 16.5% | 12.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sharon Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 65% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4.6% of Sharon Township is conserved land
Just 737 of its 16,021 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Sharon Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Sharon Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Sharon Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sharon Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Sharon Township; the nearest are
About 7 of every 100 Sharon Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
100% of working residents leave Sharon Township for work
Where Sharon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Sharon Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Sharon Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Township | #527 | C+ | B | — | B− | C+ |
| Sefton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vandalia · Vandalia Township | #586 | C | B+ | B− | B− | C− |
| Shafter Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ramsey Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | B− |
Ramsey Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sharon Township and Ramsey Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Sefton Township and Shafter Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Vandalia Township and Vandalia are one community, graded once. Compare Sharon Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Sharon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sharon Township, IL a good place to live?
Sharon Township grades C+ overall, better than 41% of U.S. towns and #527 of 767 in Illinois. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools.
Is Sharon Township, IL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.