Photo: Loreengloria6 · CC BY-SA 3.0Sharon has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. 105 jobs are based in Sharon, against 434 working residents. Hardly any work in Sharon itself; outside it, Delavan draws the most (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Sharon, in brief
In and out of Sharon on a workday
On a workday 433 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Sharon on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Sharon to work: where people go
Where Sharon clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
In Sharon, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sharon, 2014 → 2024: 87 → 105. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Sharon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sharon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Sharon works
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Around Sharon: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Darien (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sharon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | – | — | — | 26 min | $98,000 |
| Darien | 6% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Clinton | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Walworth | under 3% | A | C | 26 min | $94,286 |
Same-state neighbors only. Darien and Clinton: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sharon’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: questions
What is the median household income in Sharon?
$98,000 (±$23,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sharon?
2.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sharon?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sharon work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delavan (10%, 8 mi), Walworth (6%, 6 mi), Janesville (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sharon without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sharon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sharon
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.