Lapel vs Summitville

A side-by-side comparison of Lapel and Summitville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lapel has the higher population (2,568 vs 1,233 in Summitville). Lapel has the higher median household income ($77,563 vs $57,000 in Summitville). Lapel has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $89,000 in Summitville).

Population, income & housing

	Lapel	Summitville
Population	2,568	1,233
Median age	36.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,563	$57,000
Median home value	$201,900	$89,000
Median gross rent	$1,229	$790
Housing units	1,037	480
Homeownership rate	70.3%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lapel	Summitville
Population	2,358 → 2,568 (+8.9%)	947 → 1,233 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$57,845 → $77,563 (+34.1%)	$50,677 → $57,000 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $201,900 (+73.8%)	$65,400 → $89,000 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,229 (+53.6%)	$623 → $790 (+26.8%)

Lapel

Population

2,3582,568

Median household income

$57,845$77,563

Median home value

$116,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,229

Summitville

Population

9471,233

Median household income

$50,677$57,000

Median home value

$65,400$89,000

Median gross rent

$623$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lapel	Summitville
Under 5	11.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.5%
75 and over	4.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lapel	Summitville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lapel	Summitville
No high school diploma	5.6%	14.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lapel	Summitville
Drove alone	79.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lapel	Summitville
1-unit, detached	82.6%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Lapel	Summitville
Poverty rate	7.0%	16.7%
Average household size	2.54	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1972	1957