Flippin vs Summit

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

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

Flippin has the higher population (1,305 vs 639 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($63,281 vs $40,559 in Flippin). Summit has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $111,800 in Flippin).

Population, income & housing

	Flippin	Summit
Population	1,305	639
Median age	33.3 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,559	$63,281
Median home value	$111,800	$133,800
Median gross rent	$731	$691
Housing units	641	259
Homeownership rate	54.2%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	9.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flippin	Summit
Population	1,471 → 1,305 (-11.3%)	464 → 639 (+37.7%)
Median household income	$27,234 → $40,559 (+48.9%)	$32,750 → $63,281 (+93.2%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $111,800 (+32.8%)	$71,800 → $133,800 (+86.4%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $731 (+25.6%)	$594 → $691 (+16.3%)

Flippin

Population

1,4711,305

Median household income

$27,234$40,559

Median home value

$84,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$582$731

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)

	Flippin	Summit
Under 5	9.2%	9.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	7.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	4.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	4.7%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flippin	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flippin	Summit
No high school diploma	15.1%	13.0%
High school graduate	44.3%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flippin	Summit
Drove alone	79.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flippin	Summit
1-unit, detached	73.5%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Flippin	Summit
Poverty rate	20.6%	23.8%
Average household size	2.53	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1982	1988