Ostrander vs Sunbury

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

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

Sunbury has the higher population (7,335 vs 993 in Ostrander). Ostrander has the higher median household income ($144,821 vs $103,774 in Sunbury). Ostrander has the higher median home value ($438,400 vs $337,700 in Sunbury).

Population, income & housing

	Ostrander	Sunbury
Population	993	7,335
Median age	34.7 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$144,821	$103,774
Median home value	$438,400	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,565
Housing units	296	2,662
Homeownership rate	96.5%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ostrander	Sunbury
Population	998 → 993 (-0.5%)	5,573 → 7,335 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $144,821 (+54.5%)	$74,583 → $103,774 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$235,300 → $438,400 (+86.3%)	$227,800 → $337,700 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$892 → $1,000 (+12.1%)	$1,041 → $1,565 (+50.3%)

Ostrander

Population

998993

Median household income

$93,750$144,821

Median home value

$235,300$438,400

Median gross rent

$892$1,000

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)

	Ostrander	Sunbury
Under 5	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	24.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	20.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	6.7%
75 and over	3.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ostrander	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ostrander	Sunbury
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ostrander	Sunbury
Drove alone	70.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ostrander	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	98.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ostrander	Sunbury
Poverty rate	4.0%	6.2%
Average household size	3.51	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	2001	2005