Licking vs Summersville

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

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

Licking has the higher population (2,816 vs 427 in Summersville). Summersville has the higher median household income ($40,000 vs $32,813 in Licking). Licking has the higher median home value ($109,000 vs $63,700 in Summersville).

Population, income & housing

	Licking	Summersville
Population	2,816	427
Median age	38.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$32,813	$40,000
Median home value	$109,000	$63,700
Median gross rent	$614	$575
Housing units	842	252
Homeownership rate	56.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Licking	Summersville
Population	2,705 → 2,816 (+4.1%)	515 → 427 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$28,086 → $32,813 (+16.8%)	$23,125 → $40,000 (+73.0%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $109,000 (+22.6%)	$66,800 → $63,700 (-4.6%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $614 (+6.2%)	$536 → $575 (+7.3%)

Licking

Population

2,7052,816

Median household income

$28,086$32,813

Median home value

$88,900$109,000

Median gross rent

$578$614

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)

	Licking	Summersville
Under 5	6.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	7.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	14.3%
25 to 34	19.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Licking	Summersville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	97.0%
Black or African American	16.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Licking	Summersville
No high school diploma	18.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	49.2%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Licking	Summersville
Drove alone	64.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	23.5%	13.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Licking	Summersville
1-unit, detached	67.6%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Licking	Summersville
Poverty rate	36.3%	23.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1974	1968