Mount Summit vs Spiceland

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

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

Spiceland has the higher population (896 vs 742 in Mount Summit). Mount Summit has the higher median home value ($211,000 vs $107,700 in Spiceland). Since 2019, Mount Summit's population has grown faster (+47.8% vs +8.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
Population	742	896
Median age	58.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$63,676
Median home value	$211,000	$107,700
Median gross rent	$906	$778
Housing units	397	364
Homeownership rate	89.1%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
Population	502 → 742 (+47.8%)	825 → 896 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$56,058 → $64,000 (+14.2%)	$53,625 → $63,676 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$85,300 → $211,000 (+147.4%)	$81,600 → $107,700 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $906 (+18.3%)	$783 → $778 (-0.6%)

Mount Summit

Population

502742

Median household income

$56,058$64,000

Median home value

$85,300$211,000

Median gross rent

$766$906

Spiceland

Population

825896

Median household income

$53,625$63,676

Median home value

$81,600$107,700

Median gross rent

$783$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
Under 5	7.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.3%
25 to 34	8.1%	17.7%
35 to 44	6.6%	3.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	3.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	5.6%
75 and over	31.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
No high school diploma	1.3%	3.9%
High school graduate	22.3%	58.2%
Some college or associate's	57.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
Drove alone	77.4%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
1-unit, detached	49.6%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	48.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Summit	Spiceland
Poverty rate	8.8%	19.8%
Average household size	1.89	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	2001	1951