Delaware vs Sunbury

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

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

Delaware has the higher population (43,168 vs 7,335 in Sunbury). Sunbury has the higher median household income ($103,774 vs $92,928 in Delaware). Sunbury has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $279,400 in Delaware).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware	Sunbury
Population	43,168	7,335
Median age	36.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,928	$103,774
Median home value	$279,400	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,565
Housing units	17,347	2,662
Homeownership rate	62.0%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware	Sunbury
Population	40,568 → 43,168 (+6.4%)	5,573 → 7,335 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$69,087 → $92,928 (+34.5%)	$74,583 → $103,774 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$186,900 → $279,400 (+49.5%)	$227,800 → $337,700 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,203 (+29.2%)	$1,041 → $1,565 (+50.3%)

Delaware

Population

40,56843,168

Median household income

$69,087$92,928

Median home value

$186,900$279,400

Median gross rent

$931$1,203

Sunbury

Population

5,5737,335

Median household income

$74,583$103,774

Median home value

$227,800$337,700

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delaware	Sunbury
Under 5	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.7%
75 and over	5.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware	Sunbury
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	24.4%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware	Sunbury
Drove alone	73.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	3.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	61.4%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Delaware	Sunbury
Poverty rate	8.7%	6.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1993	2005