† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
2 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSunbury, PAPennsylvaniaUnited States
German30.5%21.6%12.5%
Irish11.0%14.8%9.4%
English9.7%8.3%9.5%
Polish7.4%5.4%2.2%
Italian6.5%10.6%4.8%
American4.6%4.4%5.3%
Dutch3.1%——
Scottish1.1%1.1%1.3%
Puerto Rican2.3%3.7%1.8%
Mexican0.9%1.4%11.3%
Colombian0.3%0.2%0.4%
Guatemalan0.3%0.2%0.5%
Dominican0.2%1.4%0.7%
African American†2.3%8.7%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sunbury, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
44.2
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.3%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sunbury, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$63,314
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
22.6%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sunbury, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.9%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
2.3%
5.6%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.3%
0.9%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sunbury, PA
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
13.6%
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.7%
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
55.1%
53.1%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
17.0%
10.3%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sunbury, PA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
+9.2%
1896
−4.6%
1900
+1.0%
1904
−26.0%
1908
−6.7%
1912
+25.6%
1916
+4.9%
1920
−23.2%
1924
−29.9%
1928
−25.1%
1932
+11.9%
1936
+18.7%
1940
+6.8%
1944
−4.6%
1948
−17.2%
1952
−23.8%
1956
−25.8%
1960
−12.1%
1964
+23.7%
1968
−13.4%
1972
−31.4%
1976
−1.9%
1980
−18.8%
1984
−24.7%
1988
−18.6%
1992
−7.5%
1996
−1.9%
2000
−15.3%
2004
−22.1%
2008
−14.1%
2012
−19.5%
2016
−39.7%
2020
−35.2%
2024
−36.4%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
31.3%Harris16,725
67.7%Trump36,184
0.6%Oliver313 +1
R+36.4
R+1.2
R+34.9
53,430
All 4 candidates in 2024 · 2 minor / independent
Donald J TrumpRepublican67.7%36,184
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic31.3%16,725
Chase OliverLibertarian0.6%313
Jill SteinIndependent0.4%208
R
31.6%Biden16,448
66.8%Trump34,796
1.6%
R+35.2
D+4.5
R+39.7
52,054
R
27.8%Clinton12,645
67.6%Trump30,715
4.6%
R+39.7
R+20.2
R+41.8
45,463
R
39.1%Obama16,125
58.6%Romney24,170
2.2%
R+19.5
R+5.5
R+23.4
41,215
R
42.2%Obama17,693
56.2%McCain23,592
1.6%
R+14.1
D+8.1
R+21.3
41,962
R
38.6%Kerry17,268
60.7%Bush27,165
0.7%
R+22.1
R+6.8
R+19.7
44,758
R
40.3%Gore16,026
55.6%Bush22,102
4.1%
R+15.3
R+13.4
R+15.8
39,749
R
40.8%Clinton15,601
42.8%Dole16,336
16.4%
R+1.9
D+5.6
R+10.4
38,211
R
35.3%Clinton14,964
42.8%Bush18,153
22.0%
R+7.5
D+11.1
R+13.1
42,438
R
40.2%Dukakis16,286
58.8%Bush23,824
1.0%
R+18.6
D+6.1
R+10.9
40,496
R
37.3%Mondale15,803
62.0%Reagan26,283
0.8%
R+24.7
R+5.9
R+6.5
42,413
R
37.8%Carter16,022
56.6%Reagan24,007
5.6%
R+18.8
R+16.9
R+9.1
42,386
R
48.2%Carter21,666
50.1%Ford22,542
1.7%
R+1.9
D+29.5
R+4.0
44,951
R
33.5%McGovern15,640
64.9%Nixon30,298
1.6%
R+31.4
R+18.0
R+8.2
46,683
R
40.2%Humphrey19,252
53.6%Nixon25,655
6.2%
R+13.4
R+37.1
R+12.7
47,875
D
61.7%Johnson31,765
38.0%Goldwater19,573
0.2%
D+23.7
D+35.8
D+1.1
51,458
R
43.9%Kennedy24,862
56.0%Nixon31,722
0.1%
R+12.1
D+13.6
R+12.3
56,632
R
37.1%Stevenson19,213
62.8%Eisenhower32,559
0.1%
R+25.8
R+2.0
R+10.4
51,816
R
38.0%Stevenson20,053
61.8%Eisenhower32,586
0.2%
R+23.8
R+6.5
R+13.0
52,765
R
40.8%Truman18,442
58.1%Dewey26,225
1.1%
R+17.2
R+12.6
R+21.7
45,155
R
47.6%Roosevelt22,545
52.2%Dewey24,722
0.3%
R+4.6
R+11.4
R+12.1
47,397
D
53.3%Roosevelt29,395
46.5%Willkie25,637
0.3%
D+6.8
R+11.9
R+3.1
55,175
D
58.7%Roosevelt35,383
40.0%Landon24,108
1.2%
D+18.7
D+6.8
R+5.5
60,232
D
54.4%Roosevelt25,791
42.5%Hoover20,141
3.2%
D+11.9
D+37.0
R+5.9
47,444
R
37.2%Smith20,694
62.3%Hoover34,641
0.5%
R+25.1
D+4.8
R+7.6
55,640
R
26.3%Davis9,370
56.1%Coolidge20,015
17.6%
R+29.9
R+6.6
R+4.7
35,653
R
34.6%Cox11,726
57.9%Harding19,584
7.5%
R+23.2
R+28.1
D+3.0
33,852
D
49.3%Wilson10,863
44.4%Hughes9,790
6.3%
D+4.9
R+20.7
D+1.7
22,047
O
37.8%Wilson8,294
12.2%Taft2,679
50.0%
Roosevelt +12.2
D+32.3
D+6.0
21,949
R
44.1%Bryan10,080
50.8%Taft11,603
5.0%
R+6.7
D+19.3
D+2.9
22,836
R
34.8%Parker7,294
60.8%Roosevelt12,737
4.3%
R+26.0
R+27.0
R+6.3
20,932
D
48.9%Bryan9,864
47.8%McKinley9,658
3.3%
D+1.0
D+5.7
D+8.6
20,190
R
45.6%Bryan9,114
50.2%McKinley10,043
4.2%
R+4.6
R+13.8
D+1.4
20,001
D
52.5%Cleveland8,819
43.3%Harrison7,278
4.2%
D+9.2
—
D+7.5
16,807
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
32.4%17,245
65.0%34,553
53,194
2022
R
34.4%14,025
62.0%25,320
40,813
2018
R
37.6%13,490
60.9%21,869
35,909
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+28.7
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+36.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.8 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Sunbury, PA in Sunbury, PA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+233
2012
+259
2013
−401
2014
−97
2015
−641
2016
−469
2017
−288
2018
−549
2019
−29
2021
−67
2022
−396
2023
+147
2024
+61
2025
+268
Northumberland County anchors this compact metro, where a long deindustrialized core and surrounding agricultural townships produce a reliably wide Republican margin in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 39.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 36.4 points.
A population of 108,663, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,314 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Olean, NY and Somerset, PA.
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In 2024, Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania voted Republican by 36.4 points (R+36.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 53,430 votes cast, 16,725 went Democratic and 36,184 went Republican.
When did Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania?
Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania has a population of 108,663 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania is $63,314 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sunbury, PA, Pennsylvania from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 26 went Republican.
