† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSharonMassachusettsUnited States
Irish25.6%18.6%9.4%
Italian12.5%11.1%4.8%
English9.8%9.7%9.5%
German6.1%5.4%12.5%
American4.2%3.3%5.3%
Polish3.3%3.4%2.2%
French2.8%4.7%1.6%
Scottish2.1%—1.3%
Chinese6.7%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian3.0%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese1.7%0.8%0.6%
Korean0.7%0.4%0.4%
Filipino0.5%0.2%0.9%
Japanese0.2%—0.2%
Pakistani0.2%——
Taiwanese0.2%——
Puerto Rican0.9%4.6%1.8%
Dominican0.6%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.5%0.8%11.3%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.6%0.4%
African American†1.2%2.6%9.9%
Haitian0.6%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.2%0.5%0.4%
Cape Verdean0.2%0.9%—
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sharon
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
39.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
4.4%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
16.4%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sharon
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$183,808
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
2.6%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
81.3%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sharon
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
24.4%
25.1%
22.3%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
3.4%
1.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
6.2%
6.1%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.3%
2.2%
1.1%
Other languages
4.2%
1.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sharon
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sharon, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+38.0%
2008
+35.4%
2012
+32.1%
2016
+48.8%
2020
+53.6%
2024
+44.9%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
69.7%Harris2,515
24.8%Trump895
5.5%
D+44.9
R+8.7
D+46.4
3,607
D
75.6%Biden2,958
22.0%Trump860
2.4%
D+53.6
D+4.8
D+49.2
3,911
D
70.8%Clinton2,441
22.0%Trump758
7.2%
D+48.8
D+16.7
D+46.7
3,447
D
65.3%Obama2,319
33.2%Romney1,178
1.5%
D+32.1
R+3.3
D+28.3
3,551
D
66.8%Obama2,195
31.5%McCain1,033
1.7%
D+35.4
R+2.6
D+28.1
3,284
D
68.3%Kerry2,184
30.3%Bush968
1.5%
D+38.0
—
D+40.5
3,200
Sharon sits in Norfolk County roughly 20 miles south of Boston, drawing a highly educated, professional-class population whose voting patterns have trended strongly toward Democratic candidates in recent state and federal cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.6 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 8.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.9 points.
A population of 6,232, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $183,808 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cochituate and West Concord.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Sharon, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 44.9 points (D+44.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,607 votes cast, 2,515 went Democratic and 895 went Republican.
How many people live in Sharon, Massachusetts?
Sharon, Massachusetts has a population of 6,232 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sharon, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Sharon, Massachusetts is $183,808 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Sharon, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sharon, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
