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According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Sullivan had a median household income of $33,471, and a median family income of $54,342. The unemployment rate was 6.0%. The per capita income was $22,142. About 17.9% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 25.3% of people under the age of 18 and 12.1% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2971440&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
According to the 2018 American Community Survey, Sullivan had a median household income of $33,471, and a median family income of $54,342. The unemployment rate was 6.0%. The per capita income was $22,142. About 17.9% of the population lived below the poverty line, including 25.3% of people under the age of 18 and 12.1% of people 65 years old or older.<ref>https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0400000US29_1600000US2971440&d=ACS%205-Year%20Estimates%20Data%20Profiles&tid=ACSDP5Y2018.DP03</ref>
==Government==
Sullivan has a mayor-council form of government since 1899, before which it was run by a board of trustees. Local government is run by a mayor and aldermen, two from each of the city's three wards, elected in alternating years for two-year terms. They are assisted by a clerk and a city administrator. The current mayor of Sullivan is Dennis Watz, elected to his fifth term in April 2021.<ref>http://www.sullivan.mo.us/city_council/council_members/index.php</ref>
==Economy==
In its early days, the chief means of economic activity included agriculture, light manufacturing, and (following the 1850s) the railroad industry. Today, the local economy in Sullivan revolves around various forms of manufacturing, retail trade, health care, and educational services, with tourism to the nearby Meramec River playing a supporting role. The largest employers in the area include [[Wal-Mart]], the Sullivan School District, Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital, Fidelity Communications, and Aerofil Technology, Inc.<ref>http://www.sullivan.mo.us/departments/economic_development/Community%20Profile%202020.pdf</ref>
==Education==
==Education==
The city and the surrounding area are served by the Sullivan School District, a PK-12 public institution with over 2,100 students, divided between four facilities: Sullivan Primary (PK-2), Elementary (3-5), Middle (6-8), and Senior High (9-12).<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/sullivan/schools/</ref> Its mascot is the Eagles, and the school colors are black and gold.<ref>http://www.sullivaneagles.org/home</ref>
The city and the surrounding area are served by the Sullivan C-2 School District, a PK-12 public institution with over 2,100 students, divided between four facilities: Sullivan Primary (PK-2), Elementary (3-5), Middle (6-8), and Senior High (9-12).<ref>https://www.greatschools.org/missouri/sullivan/schools/</ref> Its mascot is the Eagles, and the school colors are black and gold.<ref>http://www.sullivaneagles.org/home</ref>
The school and community, whose population is mostly white, were targeted by the national media in 2014, after several female students blacked their faces for a "powderpuff" football game. Major newspapers referred to the act as "inappropriate" and suggested it had racial overtones, ignoring the fact that black is one of the school colors.<ref>[https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/students-at-sullivan-high-wore-blackface-during-powder-puff-football/article_238f6454-2a04-51c8-9980-5eece9f915d1.html Students at Sullivan High wore blackface during powder-puff football game] St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 19, 2014.</ref>
The school and community, whose population is mostly white, were targeted by the national media in 2014, after several female students blacked their faces for a "powderpuff" football game. Major newspapers referred to the act as "inappropriate" and suggested it had racial overtones, ignoring the fact that black is one of the school colors.<ref>[https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/students-at-sullivan-high-wore-blackface-during-powder-puff-football/article_238f6454-2a04-51c8-9980-5eece9f915d1.html Students at Sullivan High wore blackface during powder-puff football game] St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 19, 2014.</ref>