PlainZIP

Sunbury, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sunbury, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 16,671. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SUNBURY-PA · Sunbury, PA 1 ZIPs · 16,671 pop · #17586/25278 · Northumberland County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $60,664
  • RANK-LOWER #17586/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Milton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 69% owners
  • POP-TOWN 16,671
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $153,500

Nearest income peer: Milton, PA ( $1,889 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sunbury

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sunbury on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sunbury, PA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

30th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
16,671
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$60,664
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $60,664 and poverty 12.8% concentrate in 17801.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (69.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sunbury as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Harrison Valley is the closest lower-income city and Isabella the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sunbury.

Population concentration

Sunbury's single ZIP 17801 carries the town

Sunbury is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 17801 is the entire residential footprint (16,671 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Sunbury's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 324 establishments, 4,864 employees , annual payroll $252,836k (~19 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17801 (324 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (53) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Sunbury, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Northumberland County, which covers 24 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Sunbury. See the Northumberland County roll-up →

Sunbury lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Northumberland County: Northumberland, Watsontown and Elysburg earn more and Milton, Coal Township and Shamokin earn less. Elysburg marks the far end of that range at $118,176, 95% above Sunbury.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17801 16,671 $60,664 324 98
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