Sharpes is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 3,411. Sharpes is approximately 38 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 29 miles from Palm Bay (population 103,190).

The median age for residents of Sharpes is 47.3. Around 23.9% of Sharpes households include school aged children and 34.2% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 91.9% of the Sharpes population are White, 3.3% are Black or African American, .9% American Indian, .5% Asian and 2.2% are Two or more Races.

There are 1,728 housing units in Sharpes. 257 (14.8%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 428 residential rental units in Sharpes. 369 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 12.4%.