Milton vs Sunbury

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

Milton 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 6,582 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($53,552 vs $48,509 in Sunbury). Milton has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $98,000 in Sunbury).

Population, income & housing

	Milton	Sunbury
Population	6,582	9,643
Median age	36.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,552	$48,509
Median home value	$172,100	$98,000
Median gross rent	$902	$731
Housing units	3,072	4,779
Homeownership rate	45.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton	Sunbury
Population	6,697 → 6,582 (-1.7%)	9,480 → 9,643 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $53,552 (+9.3%)	$34,644 → $48,509 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $172,100 (+30.9%)	$81,300 → $98,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $902 (+32.6%)	$650 → $731 (+12.5%)

Milton

Population

6,6976,582

Median household income

$49,000$53,552

Median home value

$131,500$172,100

Median gross rent

$680$902

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)

	Milton	Sunbury
Under 5	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.1%
75 and over	8.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton	Sunbury
No high school diploma	6.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	50.3%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton	Sunbury
Drove alone	87.0%	70.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	43.7%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.3%
20 or more units	11.3%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Milton	Sunbury
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1964	1940