New Providence vs Summit

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

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

Summit has the higher population (22,512 vs 13,577 in New Providence). Summit has the higher median household income ($199,107 vs $162,877 in New Providence). Summit has the higher median home value ($969,900 vs $734,300 in New Providence).

Population, income & housing

	New Providence	Summit
Population	13,577	22,512
Median age	44.7 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$162,877	$199,107
Median home value	$734,300	$969,900
Median gross rent	$1,906	$2,308
Housing units	5,500	8,603
Homeownership rate	75.6%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.6%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Providence	Summit
Population	13,049 → 13,577 (+4.0%)	21,913 → 22,512 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$143,672 → $162,877 (+13.4%)	$157,835 → $199,107 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$607,100 → $734,300 (+21.0%)	$890,100 → $969,900 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,733 → $1,906 (+10.0%)	$1,880 → $2,308 (+22.8%)

New Providence

Population

13,04913,577

Median household income

$143,672$162,877

Median home value

$607,100$734,300

Median gross rent

$1,733$1,906

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)

	New Providence	Summit
Under 5	4.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	8.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.6%
75 and over	9.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Providence	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	66.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.4%	8.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Providence	Summit
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	14.3%	10.6%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Providence	Summit
Drove alone	55.7%	47.1%
Carpooled	3.4%	3.8%
Public transit	11.9%	18.5%
Walked	1.2%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	27.3%	20.0%
Other means	0.6%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Providence	Summit
1-unit, detached	65.6%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	13.7%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	New Providence	Summit
Poverty rate	2.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1963	1953