The Keefer Station Covered Bridge and Sunbury Armory are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

As of the census[7] of 2000, there were 2,556 people, 1,022 households, and 781 families residing in the township.

20.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Shikellamy High School has a 78% graduation rate according to the district report card 2005–2006.

[8][9] In 2007, the Pittsburgh Business Times ranked the Shikellamy School District 434th out of 499 Pennsylvania school districts based on three years of Pennsylvania System of Student Assessment test scores.

Additionally, the real estate transfer tax of one-half percent (Northumberland Borough, Point Township, Rockefeller Township) and one percent (Snydertown borough) is levied on real estate transfers.

[12] SUN Area Career & Technology Center is a regional vocational school, offering adult education classes, vocational education, and technical career training.

SUN Tech was presented with the Significant Achievement Award in Education for raising their Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Program criteria score to 648 points, a 345-point increase from 303 points in August 2000.