Elizabeth vs Summit

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

Elizabeth and Summit are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elizabeth has the higher population (135,887 vs 22,512 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($199,107 vs $63,874 in Elizabeth). Summit has the higher median home value ($969,900 vs $393,500 in Elizabeth).

Population, income & housing

	Elizabeth	Summit
Population	135,887	22,512
Median age	35.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,874	$199,107
Median home value	$393,500	$969,900
Median gross rent	$1,463	$2,308
Housing units	48,940	8,603
Homeownership rate	25.4%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elizabeth	Summit
Population	128,333 → 135,887 (+5.9%)	21,913 → 22,512 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$48,407 → $63,874 (+32.0%)	$157,835 → $199,107 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$282,700 → $393,500 (+39.2%)	$890,100 → $969,900 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,463 (+25.8%)	$1,880 → $2,308 (+22.8%)

Elizabeth

Population

128,333135,887

Median household income

$48,407$63,874

Median home value

$282,700$393,500

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,463

Summit

Population

21,91322,512

Median household income

$157,835$199,107

Median home value

$890,100$969,900

Median gross rent

$1,880$2,308

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elizabeth	Summit
Under 5	7.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	7.6%
75 and over	4.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elizabeth	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	15.2%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elizabeth	Summit
No high school diploma	25.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elizabeth	Summit
Drove alone	59.1%	47.1%
Carpooled	15.2%	3.8%
Public transit	11.5%	18.5%
Walked	4.7%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	20.0%
Other means	3.5%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elizabeth	Summit
1-unit, detached	13.3%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	47.1%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	6.0%
20 or more units	19.3%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elizabeth	Summit
Poverty rate	15.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.93	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1955	1953