Shamokin vs Sunbury

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

Shamokin 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 6,890 in Shamokin). Sunbury has the higher median household income ($48,509 vs $36,438 in Shamokin). Sunbury has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $57,400 in Shamokin).

Population, income & housing

	Shamokin	Sunbury
Population	6,890	9,643
Median age	38.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,438	$48,509
Median home value	$57,400	$98,000
Median gross rent	$649	$731
Housing units	4,418	4,779
Homeownership rate	63.1%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shamokin	Sunbury
Population	7,051 → 6,890 (-2.3%)	9,480 → 9,643 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$28,737 → $36,438 (+26.8%)	$34,644 → $48,509 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $57,400 (+56.4%)	$81,300 → $98,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $649 (+9.8%)	$650 → $731 (+12.5%)

Shamokin

Population

7,0516,890

Median household income

$28,737$36,438

Median home value

$36,700$57,400

Median gross rent

$591$649

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)

	Shamokin	Sunbury
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.1%
75 and over	5.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shamokin	Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shamokin	Sunbury
No high school diploma	21.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	42.0%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shamokin	Sunbury
Drove alone	64.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	21.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	7.7%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shamokin	Sunbury
1-unit, detached	29.6%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	46.1%	21.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Shamokin	Sunbury
Poverty rate	27.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1938	1940