Few U.S. towns have unemployment as high as Sharon Hill’s 16.6%
27.3% of residents are in poverty, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%. Sharon Hill grades C for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Sharon Hill itself; outside it, Philadelphia draws the most (34%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Sharon Hill
Sharon Hill trades workers with the towns around it
Sharon Hill has about as many jobs (2,194) as working residents (2,529), but they are mostly different people: 2,473 residents leave for work each day while 2,138 people come in. Only 3% of the jobs in Sharon Hill are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Sharon Hill’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 36 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Sharon Hill and Philadelphia trade workers both ways
Philadelphia is the top workplace for Sharon Hill residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Sharon Hill come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Sharon Hill residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 7% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
44% of the jobs in Sharon Hill are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Sharon Hill’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sharon Hill is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #847 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Sharon Hill’s grade up (ahead of 95% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sharon Hill could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Sharon Hill on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,473 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 2,138 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Sharon Hill: about 36 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharon Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,224 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The places Sharon Hill commutes to
Where Sharon Hill clocks in
34% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How many miles Sharon Hill commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
67% of the jobs in Sharon Hill pay over $3,333 a month
2,194 jobs are based in Sharon Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharon Hill, 2014 → 2024: 2,390 → 2,194. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sharon Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Sharon Hill is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,490 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 11.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 94% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.2% of Sharon Hill households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Sharon Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Sharon Hill ranks: 2,440th of 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,438 | St. Clair Township OH | 7,520 | $58K | 11.4% | 5.1% | 11% | C |
| 2,439 | Happy Valley CA | 5,944 | $92K | 8.9% | 11.3% | 5% | C |
| 2,440 | Sharon Hill PA | 5,995 | $75K | 27.3% | 16.6% | 2% | C |
| 2,441 | Bessemer City NC | 5,834 | $60K | 16.4% | 5.9% | 4% | C |
| 2,442 | Camden ME | 5,204 | $82K | 9.0% | 8.3% | 24% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sharon Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Work in the towns next to Sharon Hill
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sharon Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Hill | – | C | A+ | 36 min | $75,130 |
| Colwyn | under 2% | C− | A+ | 34 min | $46,935 |
| Darby Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Folcroft | 2% | C | A | 27 min | $61,306 |
| Collingdale | 2% | C | A+ | 33 min | $51,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Darby Township: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Folcroft. Darker towns draw more of Sharon Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sharon Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Sharon Hill?
$75,130 (±$27,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharon Hill?
27.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharon Hill?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharon Hill work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (34%, 10 mi), Lower Merion Township (3%, 8 mi), Upper Darby Township (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Sharon Hill walkable?
Sharon Hill is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 15.7 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sharon Hill without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharon Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharon Hill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.