Northumberland vs Sunbury

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

Northumberland 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 3,874 in Northumberland). Northumberland has the higher median household income ($57,162 vs $48,509 in Sunbury). Northumberland has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $98,000 in Sunbury).

Population, income & housing

	Northumberland	Sunbury
Population	3,874	9,643
Median age	41.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,162	$48,509
Median home value	$158,200	$98,000
Median gross rent	$986	$731
Housing units	1,861	4,779
Homeownership rate	64.4%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northumberland	Sunbury
Population	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)	9,480 → 9,643 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)	$34,644 → $48,509 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)	$81,300 → $98,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)	$650 → $731 (+12.5%)

Northumberland

Population

3,6553,874

Median household income

$59,725$57,162

Median home value

$127,500$158,200

Median gross rent

$761$986

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)

	Northumberland	Sunbury
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	2.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.1%
75 and over	10.9%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northumberland	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northumberland	Sunbury
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	45.2%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northumberland	Sunbury
Drove alone	82.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	16.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northumberland	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	64.1%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	4.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Northumberland	Sunbury
Poverty rate	18.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1954	1940