Petrolia vs West Sunbury

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

Petrolia 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 163 in Petrolia). Petrolia has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $45,865 in West Sunbury). West Sunbury has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $93,300 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
Population	163	204
Median age	50.9 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$45,865
Median home value	$93,300	$144,600
Median gross rent	$956	$945
Housing units	104	91
Homeownership rate	64.3%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
Population	152 → 163 (+7.2%)	186 → 204 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$43,036 → $50,000 (+16.2%)	$46,250 → $45,865 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$61,000 → $93,300 (+53.0%)	$122,900 → $144,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $956 (+27.5%)	$850 → $945 (+11.2%)

Petrolia

Population

152163

Median household income

$43,036$50,000

Median home value

$61,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$750$956

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)

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
Under 5	1.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	2.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	21.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	5.4%
55 to 64	20.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	21.5%	6.9%
75 and over	4.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	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	0.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	64.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
Drove alone	80.3%	56.1%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	29.0%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
1-unit, detached	89.4%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Petrolia	West Sunbury
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1953	1938