Mount Carmel vs Sunbury

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

Mount Carmel 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 5,695 in Mount Carmel). Mount Carmel has the higher median household income ($52,667 vs $48,509 in Sunbury). Sunbury has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $74,700 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
Population	5,695	9,643
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,667	$48,509
Median home value	$74,700	$98,000
Median gross rent	$796	$731
Housing units	3,203	4,779
Homeownership rate	73.8%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
Population	5,667 → 5,695 (+0.5%)	9,480 → 9,643 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$34,628 → $52,667 (+52.1%)	$34,644 → $48,509 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$43,400 → $74,700 (+72.1%)	$81,300 → $98,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $796 (+21.5%)	$650 → $731 (+12.5%)

Mount Carmel

Population

5,6675,695

Median household income

$34,628$52,667

Median home value

$43,400$74,700

Median gross rent

$655$796

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)

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.1%
75 and over	7.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
No high school diploma	9.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	47.5%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
Drove alone	74.8%	70.9%
Carpooled	13.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	35.4%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	50.1%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carmel	Sunbury
Poverty rate	16.2%	16.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1938	1940