Knightstown vs Mount Summit

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

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

Knightstown has the higher population (2,154 vs 742 in Mount Summit). Mount Summit has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $121,500 in Knightstown). Since 2019, Mount Summit's population has grown faster (+47.8% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
Population	2,154	742
Median age	40.1 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,655	—
Median home value	$121,500	$211,000
Median gross rent	$805	$906
Housing units	1,059	397
Homeownership rate	63.0%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
Population	2,223 → 2,154 (-3.1%)	502 → 742 (+47.8%)
Median household income	$52,037 → $44,655 (-14.2%)	$56,058 → $64,000 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$82,300 → $121,500 (+47.6%)	$85,300 → $211,000 (+147.4%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $805 (+9.2%)	$766 → $906 (+18.3%)

Knightstown

Population

2,2232,154

Median household income

$52,037$44,655

Median home value

$82,300$121,500

Median gross rent

$737$805

Mount Summit

Population

502742

Median household income

$56,058$64,000

Median home value

$85,300$211,000

Median gross rent

$766$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
Under 5	6.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	3.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	15.4%
75 and over	4.9%	31.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	98.5%
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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
No high school diploma	8.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	49.2%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
Drove alone	87.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
1-unit, detached	71.2%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	48.1%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Knightstown	Mount Summit
Poverty rate	23.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.37	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1941	2001