A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Farrell$380/mo

Typical home $56K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.80% · or rent about $902/mo · Housing →

Sharon$550/mo

Typical home $77K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.29% · or rent about $827/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Sharon and Farrell.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Farrell and Sharon share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

FarrellSharon

Farrell ↔ Sharon1.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

200 Sharon residents work in Farrell (4.1% of its workers)

148 Farrell residents work in Sharon (9.2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Sharon →

Report cards

Sharon places higher on 15 of 20 PA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Pennsylvania ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–FarrellNot graded C−SharonSafer than 19% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−FarrellBetter than 23% of districts in the state CSharonBetter than 28% of districts in the state

Health

D−FarrellHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns DSharonHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

5Farrell

15Sharon

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 1058 towns #251#732 Best schoolsSchools · 765 towns #711#535 Most new homesHousing · 990 towns #721#903 Most remote workersWork · 1029 towns #775#927 Lowest obesityHealth · 1058 towns #1055#930 Most activeHealth · 1058 towns #1054#932 Cheapest rentCost of living · 1032 towns #257#154 Highest graduation rateSchools · 1036 towns #932#832

Left end = #1 in Pennsylvania. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Farrell’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FarrellSharon

Snow a year68″68″

January low19°F 19°F

July high83°F 83°F

Growing season (days)167d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 27th

Outdoors & history

FarrellSharon

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—1.4%

Settled1899 1795

National Register places—1

Archive photos22 —

Famous people born here12 —

Community

FarrellSharon

Library hours a week32 hrs 52 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Pennsylvania average

FarrellSharon

People

Population 4,199Lowest 12,936Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -16.7%Lowest PA: +2.4% -6.3%Highest PA: +2.4%

Median age 43.7±5Highest 7% above PA 43±3.7Lowest 5% above PA

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.7%±5.3Highest PA: 20.4% 20.6%±2.6Lowest PA: 20.4%

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 23.3%±5.4Highest PA: 19.5% 18.3%±2.6Lowest PA: 19.5%

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.2%Lowest PA: 35.2% 18.4%Highest PA: 35.2%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±0.6Lowest PA: 6.1% 3.2%±1.6Highest PA: 6.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $42,595±$8kLowest 45% below PA $45,670±$6kHighest 41% below PA

Sharon and Farrell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,800±$16kHighest 66% below PA $78,800±$11kLowest 69% below PA

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $902±$232Highest 25% below PA $827±$140Lowest 32% below PA

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,584Lowest 52% below PA $1,807Highest 45% below PA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 56.8%±8.7Highest PA: 48.2% 47.8%±7.7Lowest PA: 48.2%

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 23.7%Highest PA: 11.7% 20%Lowest PA: 11.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.3%Highest PA: 69.3% 53%Lowest PA: 69.3%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956Highest 9 yrs older than PA 1947Lowest 18 yrs older than PA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 42% below PA 18 minHighest 30% below PA

Work from home 8.5%±7.4Highest PA: 15.6% 5.7%±3Lowest PA: 15.6%

Farrell and Sharon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Lowest 13.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 5.8 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.27Highest 0.85Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hermitage (23%)Hermitage (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 9% work in Sharon4% work in Farrell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Lowest 146Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #711 of 765 in PA #535 of 765 in PA

School district Farrell Area SDSharon City SD

High school in town Farrell Area HS/UMSSharon HS

Students per teacherat that high school 12.2Highest 9.9Lowest

Pennsylvania average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Farrell vs Sharon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Sharon

Farrell and Sharon share a border

Sharon places higher on 15 of 20 PA lists

What daily life feels like in each

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