Portersville vs West Sunbury

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

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

Portersville has the higher population (220 vs 204 in West Sunbury). Portersville has the higher median household income ($65,938 vs $45,865 in West Sunbury). Portersville has the higher median home value ($185,200 vs $144,600 in West Sunbury).

Population, income & housing

	Portersville	West Sunbury
Population	220	204
Median age	49.3 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$45,865
Median home value	$185,200	$144,600
Median gross rent	$675	$945
Housing units	109	91
Homeownership rate	73.3%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portersville	West Sunbury
Population	284 → 220 (-22.5%)	186 → 204 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$55,000 → $65,938 (+19.9%)	$46,250 → $45,865 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $185,200 (+29.2%)	$122,900 → $144,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $675 (+14.6%)	$850 → $945 (+11.2%)

Portersville

Population

284220

Median household income

$55,000$65,938

Median home value

$143,300$185,200

Median gross rent

$589$675

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)

	Portersville	West Sunbury
Under 5	1.8%	9.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	26.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	5.4%
55 to 64	18.6%	16.7%
65 to 74	14.1%	6.9%
75 and over	9.5%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portersville	West Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	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	5.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portersville	West Sunbury
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	47.5%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portersville	West Sunbury
Drove alone	78.7%	56.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	11.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portersville	West Sunbury
1-unit, detached	77.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Portersville	West Sunbury
Poverty rate	14.1%	4.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1953	1938