Kulpmont vs Sunbury

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

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

Sunbury has the higher population (9,643 vs 2,735 in Kulpmont). Kulpmont has the higher median household income ($51,066 vs $48,509 in Sunbury). Sunbury has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $76,800 in Kulpmont).

Population, income & housing

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
Population	2,735	9,643
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,066	$48,509
Median home value	$76,800	$98,000
Median gross rent	$807	$731
Housing units	1,385	4,779
Homeownership rate	78.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
Population	2,800 → 2,735 (-2.3%)	9,480 → 9,643 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$54,455 → $51,066 (-6.2%)	$34,644 → $48,509 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $76,800 (+16.0%)	$81,300 → $98,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $807 (+13.3%)	$650 → $731 (+12.5%)

Kulpmont

Population

2,8002,735

Median household income

$54,455$51,066

Median home value

$66,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$712$807

Sunbury

Population

9,4809,643

Median household income

$34,644$48,509

Median home value

$81,300$98,000

Median gross rent

$650$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.1%
75 and over	8.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
No high school diploma	7.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	42.8%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
Drove alone	83.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	15.1%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	1.4%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	39.1%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	46.4%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kulpmont	Sunbury
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1948	1940