Sharon CenterOH
A town of 1,129, settled in 1833.
Is Sharon Center a good place to live?
Sharon Center’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and schools and an A for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 20% of the land in Sharon Center is conserved, where Ohio’s towns sit at 3.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Alderfer-Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary, at 244 acres. Sharon Center has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sharon Center stand out
Where Sharon Center beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Sharon Center | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 14.1% |
1,129 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Sharon Center grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Sharon Center is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sharon Center. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi MuseumRock and Roll Hall of Fame580K visitors a year
Big draw26 mi MuseumPro Football Hall of Fame192K visitors a year
9 mi National ParkCuyahoga Valley National Park3.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaProgressive Field
28 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Field
28 mi Stadium & arenaRocket ArenaPhoto credits
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: MusikAnimal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pro Football Hall of Fame: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Cuyahoga Valley National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Progressive Field: Jsawczuk, Public domain · Huntington Bank Field: Erik Drost, CC BY 2.0 · Rocket Arena: Cards84664, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Sharon Center: who provides what
Sharon Center is unincorporated, so Medina County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sharon Center.
Compared with most of Ohio and the rest of the country, fewer of Sharon Center’s residents live below the poverty line
Employers in Sharon Center added 226 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 1,315. The median household income for Sharon Center comes to $111,000. The typical journey to work for Sharon Center comes to 28 minutes, above both Ohio’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town.
| Sharon Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 0.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sharon Center stands out in Ohio and nationally: a smaller share of its adults worry about having enough food
Sharon Center: 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor. Against the Ohio average, Sharon Center comes out ahead on 20 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. In Sharon Center, 9.9% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 11% report frequent physical distress.
| Sharon Center | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Sharon Center | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 14.1% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Sharon Center has a very low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Expected losses in Sharon Center break down as 59% from inland flooding and 20% from tornadoes. Compared with 91% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is lower. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2002: 7.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Sharon Center, 19.5% of the land is conserved
There are 0.1 miles of trail across 5 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Sharon Center: 5, covering 639 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alderfer-Oenslager Wildlife Sanctuary | — | 244 |
| 2. Wolf Creek and Oenslager Nature Center | — | 242 |
| 3. Sharon Preserve - Medina County Park District - Undeveloped Site | — | 145 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Sharon Center has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Sharon Center’s midsummer high stands at 83°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Sharon Center sells for about $300K at the median
Among households in Sharon Center, 81% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Sharon Center
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sharon Center
About 3 of every 100 Sharon Center residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Every workday, about 1,305 people come to Sharon Center for work
Where Sharon Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Sharon Center
Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.
Sharon Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) at the geographic center of Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 918.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,043 ft
- ZIP code
- 44274
Questions about Sharon Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sharon Center, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $357,000, 45% above the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.