Bull Shoals vs Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Bull Shoals and Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

Bull Shoals and Summit are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bull Shoals has the higher population (1,687 vs 639 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($63,281 vs $46,848 in Bull Shoals). Bull Shoals has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $133,800 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Bull Shoals	Summit
Population	1,687	639
Median age	58.1 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,848	$63,281
Median home value	$157,200	$133,800
Median gross rent	$670	$691
Housing units	1,168	259
Homeownership rate	74.4%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bull Shoals	Summit
Population	2,260 → 1,687 (-25.4%)	464 → 639 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$40,313 → $46,848 (+16.2%)	$32,750 → $63,281 (+93.2%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $157,200 (+24.5%)	$71,800 → $133,800 (+86.4%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $670 (+28.4%)	$594 → $691 (+16.3%)

Bull Shoals

Population

2,2601,687

Median household income

$40,313$46,848

Median home value

$126,300$157,200

Median gross rent

$522$670

Summit

Population

464639

Median household income

$32,750$63,281

Median home value

$71,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$594$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bull Shoals	Summit
Under 5	3.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	17.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	4.7%
75 and over	19.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bull Shoals	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bull Shoals	Summit
No high school diploma	12.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bull Shoals	Summit
Drove alone	65.5%	82.5%
Carpooled	15.8%	17.5%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bull Shoals	Summit
1-unit, detached	71.1%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Bull Shoals	Summit
Poverty rate	15.2%	23.8%
Average household size	2.13	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1986	1988