Potter County vs Sullivan County

A side-by-side comparison of Potter County and Sullivan County: population, income, housing, and more.

Potter County and Sullivan County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Potter County has the higher population (16,276 vs 5,849 in Sullivan County). Sullivan County has the higher median household income ($64,758 vs $59,840 in Potter County). Sullivan County has the higher median home value ($186,400 vs $146,200 in Potter County).

Population, income & housing

	Potter County	Sullivan County
Population	16,276	5,849
Median age	48.2 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,840	$64,758
Median home value	$146,200	$186,400
Median gross rent	$767	$781
Housing units	12,375	5,601
Homeownership rate	80.2%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potter County	Sullivan County
Population	16,806 → 16,276 (-3.2%)	6,135 → 5,849 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$45,419 → $59,840 (+31.8%)	$47,407 → $64,758 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $146,200 (+33.4%)	$154,400 → $186,400 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $767 (+15.7%)	$643 → $781 (+21.5%)

Potter County

Population

16,80616,276

Median household income

$45,419$59,840

Median home value

$109,600$146,200

Median gross rent

$663$767

Sullivan County

Population

6,1355,849

Median household income

$47,407$64,758

Median home value

$154,400$186,400

Median gross rent

$643$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Potter County	Sullivan County
Under 5	4.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	7.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	20.9%
65 to 74	14.8%	18.0%
75 and over	10.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potter County	Sullivan County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potter County	Sullivan County
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potter County	Sullivan County
Drove alone	75.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	6.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potter County	Sullivan County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Potter County	Sullivan County
Poverty rate	11.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1969	1972