Gatesville vs Sunbury

A side-by-side comparison of Gatesville and Sunbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Gatesville and Sunbury are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gatesville has the higher population (310 vs 264 in Sunbury). Gatesville has the higher median household income ($66,563 vs $51,094 in Sunbury). Gatesville has the higher median home value ($189,200 vs $163,300 in Sunbury).

Population, income & housing

	Gatesville	Sunbury
Population	310	264
Median age	44.6 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,563	$51,094
Median home value	$189,200	$163,300
Median gross rent	$930	—
Housing units	153	103
Homeownership rate	73.6%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatesville	Sunbury
Population	275 → 310 (+12.7%)	300 → 264 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $66,563 (+3.1%)	$41,016 → $51,094 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$152,700 → $189,200 (+23.9%)	$138,700 → $163,300 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $930 (+20.0%)	—

Gatesville

Population

275310

Median household income

$64,583$66,563

Median home value

$152,700$189,200

Median gross rent

$775$930

Sunbury

Population

300264

Median household income

$41,016$51,094

Median home value

$138,700$163,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatesville	Sunbury
Under 5	8.7%	17.8%
5 to 17	6.5%	31.4%
18 to 24	0.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	23.5%	22.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	23.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	0.0%
75 and over	8.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatesville	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	12.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatesville	Sunbury
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.0%	52.2%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatesville	Sunbury
Drove alone	74.1%	39.5%
Carpooled	17.7%	55.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatesville	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	86.9%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Gatesville	Sunbury
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	44	35
Median year structure built	1946	1961