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Sunbury, PA

9,617 Population
2 square miles 4,792.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±5.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 44.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,390 ±$4,281 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: $35,783 ±$1,011
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,028 ±$5,850 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: $62,262 ±$1,656
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.7% ±4.9% (1,756  ±465) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 12% † 12,465 (±1.3% / ±1,339)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±5.5 (94,450  ±24,539) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 24.3 1,057,345 (±0.9 / ±46,329)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,357 ±279 Number of households
  • the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 45,748 ±432
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (9,375  ±46) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 2.3 104,156 (±0 / ±56)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±3.4% (100  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 5.4% † 1,167 (±1% / ±213)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,947 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 51,539 ±68
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,200 ±$10,863 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: $174,900 ±$5,974
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±2.9% (990  ±279.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 9.2% † 9,940 (±1% / ±1,020.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±6.4% (6,320  ±536.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 90.9% 72,602 (±1.8% / ±1,430.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.6% ±3.1% (826  ±223.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 22.6% 18,052 (±0.9% / ±743.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.1% ±2.5% (201  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 2.3% 2,455
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±2.6% (701  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Sunbury, PA Micro Area: 7.9% 6,890 (±0.6% / ±543)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
701 Total veterans ±200 660 Male ±188 41 Female ±37

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