SharonWI
A town of 2,124.
Is Sharon a good place to live?
Sharon’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for civic life. Sharon’s median age is 55.4 years, against 42.1 years in Wisconsin’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Steinhaugen County Park, at 285 acres with 4.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Sharon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Sharon stand out
Where Sharon beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Sharon for work
Where Sharon’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sharon grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Sharon is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Sharon: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sharon, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sharon.
Sharon faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Sharon since 2026.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Elementary School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 46 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within WI on state tests and graduation
Most of Sharon’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Sharon for work: only 2% work in town. 2.5% of Sharon residents live below the poverty line, below both Wisconsin’s towns (6.4%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Sharon has added 28 jobs, to 172 in 2023.
| Sharon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $87,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Wisconsin overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 28% of residents (19% statewide). 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across Wisconsin.
| Sharon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 28% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 21% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 145 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.5 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Sharon | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.2% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.5% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24.4% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 20.1% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.7% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.2% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 13% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.3% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.8% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
Sharon ranks healthier than 68% of the country’s towns
Sharon beats the Wisconsin average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 29% of Sharon adults feel lonely.
| Sharon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 20% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 78% | 79% |
| What stands out | Sharon | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.3% | 6.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.7% | 9.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Sharon, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Sharon has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Sharon is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.7% of Sharon is conserved land
5.4 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Sharon’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Sharon | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.7% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Steinhaugen County Park | 4.4 mi | 285 |
| 2. Becker Lake Recreational Area | — | 109 |
| 3. Jordan Park - Woodtick Woods | — | 55 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Sharon
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sharon
About 5 of every 100 Sharon residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Sharon
Town in Wisconsin, United States
There is another Town of Sharon, in Walworth County. Sharon is a town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,123 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Ellis, Little Waupon, North Star, and Polonia are located within the town.
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- Area
- 65 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,181 ft
Sharon’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Sharon.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | B+ |
| Dewey | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bevent | — | — | B | — | C− | B |
| Stockton | #156 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Alban | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polonia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sharon and Bevent have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sharon, Bevent and Stockton report no FBI crime data of their own. Dewey, Alban and Polonia aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sharon with a neighbor →
Questions about Sharon
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sharon, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.