Markham vs Summit

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

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

Markham has the higher population (11,434 vs 10,896 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $52,364 in Markham). Summit has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $119,500 in Markham).

Population, income & housing

	Markham	Summit
Population	11,434	10,896
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,364	$60,417
Median home value	$119,500	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,689	$1,012
Housing units	4,257	3,934
Homeownership rate	72.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Markham	Summit
Population	12,493 → 11,434 (-8.5%)	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$43,011 → $52,364 (+21.7%)	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $119,500 (+32.8%)	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,689 (+33.9%)	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)

Markham

Population

12,49311,434

Median household income

$43,011$52,364

Median home value

$90,000$119,500

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,689

Summit

Population

11,26010,896

Median household income

$47,377$60,417

Median home value

$170,800$224,800

Median gross rent

$874$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Markham	Summit
Under 5	7.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.2%
75 and over	6.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Markham	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	12.3%
Black or African American	70.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	75.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Markham	Summit
No high school diploma	13.0%	32.0%
High school graduate	35.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Markham	Summit
Drove alone	62.0%	66.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	18.1%
Public transit	7.7%	9.0%
Walked	0.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.0%	3.4%
Other means	3.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Markham	Summit
1-unit, detached	95.0%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Markham	Summit
Poverty rate	18.9%	12.0%
Average household size	3.03	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1963	1958