Karns City vs West Sunbury

A side-by-side comparison of Karns City and West Sunbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Karns City and West Sunbury are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

West Sunbury has the higher population (204 vs 192 in Karns City). Karns City has the higher median household income ($49,250 vs $45,865 in West Sunbury). West Sunbury has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $138,500 in Karns City).

Population, income & housing

	Karns City	West Sunbury
Population	192	204
Median age	39.2 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$45,865
Median home value	$138,500	$144,600
Median gross rent	$917	$945
Housing units	97	91
Homeownership rate	57.1%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns City	West Sunbury
Population	186 → 192 (+3.2%)	186 → 204 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)	$46,250 → $45,865 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)	$122,900 → $144,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)	$850 → $945 (+11.2%)

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

West Sunbury

Population

186204

Median household income

$46,250$45,865

Median home value

$122,900$144,600

Median gross rent

$850$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karns City	West Sunbury
Under 5	12.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	5.2%	6.9%
75 and over	17.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns City	West Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns City	West Sunbury
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	81.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns City	West Sunbury
Drove alone	71.6%	56.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	29.0%
Other means	14.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns City	West Sunbury
1-unit, detached	73.2%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Karns City	West Sunbury
Poverty rate	20.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1946	1938