Summit vs Worth

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

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

Summit has the higher population (10,896 vs 10,731 in Worth). Summit has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $56,998 in Worth). Summit has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $220,200 in Worth).

Population, income & housing

	Summit	Worth
Population	10,896	10,731
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$56,998
Median home value	$224,800	$220,200
Median gross rent	$1,012	$1,164
Housing units	3,934	4,558
Homeownership rate	61.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summit	Worth
Population	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)	10,633 → 10,731 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)	$60,516 → $56,998 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)	$171,200 → $220,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)	$975 → $1,164 (+19.4%)

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

Worth

Population

10,63310,731

Median household income

$60,516$56,998

Median home value

$171,200$220,200

Median gross rent

$975$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summit	Worth
Under 5	6.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summit	Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	12.3%	69.0%
Black or African American	6.7%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	75.9%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summit	Worth
No high school diploma	32.0%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summit	Worth
Drove alone	66.2%	79.3%
Carpooled	18.1%	6.2%
Public transit	9.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summit	Worth
1-unit, detached	53.7%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	29.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	30.6%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Summit	Worth
Poverty rate	12.0%	21.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1958	1967