races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.95% of the population. There were 1,246 households, of which 25.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.9% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.87. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.3% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 29.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median household income was $53,000, and the median family income for a family was $71,458. Males had a median income of $42,841 versus $31,375 for females. The per capita income for the town was $45,418. About 3.9% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under the age of 18 and none of those 65 and older. Education Sharon is a member of Regional School District 01, which also includes the towns of Canaan, Cornwall, Kent, North Canaan, and Salisbury. Public school students attend Sharon Center School from grades K–8 and Housatonic Valley Regional High School from grades 9–12. Transportation The town is served by state highways 4, 41, 343, and 361. Route 4 has its western terminus in Sharon and leads southeast to Cornwall Bridge and ultimately east to West Hartford. Route 41 leads north to Salisbury and southwest to the New York state line, Route 343 leads west and becomes New York State Route 343, leading to Amenia, New York, and Route 361 leads towards Millerton, New York, north of Sharon. Notable people Kevin Bacon (born 1958), and his wife Kyra Sedgwick (born 1965), actors Patricia Buckley Bozell (1927–2008), author and editor; reared in Sharon with her brother William at the Buckley family home, "Great Elm" William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008), public intellectual, founder of National Review Yancy Butler (born 1970), former Witchblade actress William Coley (1862–1936), prominent New York bone surgeon and inventor of "Coley's toxins", an early