Powell vs Sunbury

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

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

Powell has the higher population (14,229 vs 7,335 in Sunbury). Powell has the higher median household income ($191,250 vs $103,774 in Sunbury). Powell has the higher median home value ($493,500 vs $337,700 in Sunbury).

Population, income & housing

	Powell	Sunbury
Population	14,229	7,335
Median age	43.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$191,250	$103,774
Median home value	$493,500	$337,700
Median gross rent	$2,236	$1,565
Housing units	5,583	2,662
Homeownership rate	89.1%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.2%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powell	Sunbury
Population	13,141 → 14,229 (+8.3%)	5,573 → 7,335 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$157,149 → $191,250 (+21.7%)	$74,583 → $103,774 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$372,700 → $493,500 (+32.4%)	$227,800 → $337,700 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,677 → $2,236 (+33.3%)	$1,041 → $1,565 (+50.3%)

Powell

Population

13,14114,229

Median household income

$157,149$191,250

Median home value

$372,700$493,500

Median gross rent

$1,677$2,236

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)

	Powell	Sunbury
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	23.2%	23.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.7%
75 and over	9.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powell	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powell	Sunbury
No high school diploma	1.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	6.7%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	35.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powell	Sunbury
Drove alone	67.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	17.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powell	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	79.0%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	10.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Powell	Sunbury
Poverty rate	1.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	2001	2005