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Sunbury city, Northumberland County, PA

9,643 Population
2 square miles 4,805.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northumberland County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,511 ±$3,774 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northumberland County: $32,241 ±$887
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$48,509 ±$5,617 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northumberland County: $57,948 ±$1,782
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

16.2% ±4.4% (1,507  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northumberland County: 12.2% † 10,671 (±1.2% / ±1,077)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.3 minutes ±5.4 (90,785  ±23,852) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northumberland County: 25.4 940,525 (±1.1 / ±46,216)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

4,161 ±276 Number of households
  • Northumberland County: 37,581 ±478
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (9,390  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Northumberland County: 2.3 87,265 (±0 / ±31)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.3% ±3.6% (86  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Northumberland County: 6.3% † 1,122 (±1.1% / ±196)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,779 ±317 Number of housing units
  • Northumberland County: 43,395 ±55
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$98,000 ±$5,198 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Northumberland County: $151,600 ±$6,346
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.6% ±3.5% (1,012  ±334.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Northumberland County: 9.2% † 8,267 (±0.9% / ±845.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.8% ±5.9% (6,080  ±497.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northumberland County: 90% 59,989 (±1.9% / ±1,295.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
11.4% ±2.7% (775  ±189.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Northumberland County: 19.2% 12,778 (±1% / ±660.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.3% (32  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Northumberland County: 1.7% 1,554
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.5% ±2.4% (632  ±179) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Northumberland County: 8.3% 6,040 (±0.6% / ±417)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
632 Total veterans ±179 580 Male ±166 52 Female ±37

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