Houston vs Summersville

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and Summersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Houston and Summersville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Houston has the higher population (2,407 vs 427 in Summersville). Houston has the higher median household income ($41,250 vs $40,000 in Summersville). Houston has the higher median home value ($115,200 vs $63,700 in Summersville).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	Summersville
Population	2,407	427
Median age	35.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$40,000
Median home value	$115,200	$63,700
Median gross rent	$728	$575
Housing units	1,107	252
Homeownership rate	57.5%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	Summersville
Population	2,592 → 2,407 (-7.1%)	515 → 427 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $41,250 (+57.1%)	$23,125 → $40,000 (+73.0%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $115,200 (+13.4%)	$66,800 → $63,700 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $728 (+20.3%)	$536 → $575 (+7.3%)

Houston

Population

2,5922,407

Median household income

$26,250$41,250

Median home value

$101,600$115,200

Median gross rent

$605$728

Summersville

Population

515427

Median household income

$23,125$40,000

Median home value

$66,800$63,700

Median gross rent

$536$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	Summersville
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	14.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.5%
75 and over	9.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	Summersville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	Summersville
No high school diploma	19.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	48.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	Summersville
Drove alone	84.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	13.2%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	Summersville
1-unit, detached	79.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Houston	Summersville
Poverty rate	30.9%	23.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1966	1968