Sharpes is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,115 people and two associated neighborhoods, Sharpes is the 331st largest community in Florida.

Of important note, Sharpes is also a town of artists. Sharpes has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sharpes’s character.

A relatively large number of people in Sharpes telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.22% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sharpes has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sharpes has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sharpes than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sharpes may be for you.

Sharpes is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Sharpes is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sharpes, the average commute to work is 32.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Sharpes doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The percentage of people in Sharpes who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.78% of adults in Sharpes have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sharpes in 2022 was $33,033, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,132 for a family of four. However, Sharpes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sharpes is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sharpes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sharpes residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sharpes include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Sharpes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.