Corvallis vs Summit

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

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

Corvallis has the higher population (60,424 vs 212 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($120,781 vs $63,807 in Corvallis). Corvallis has the higher median home value ($480,600 vs $444,100 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Corvallis	Summit
Population	60,424	212
Median age	27.6 yrs	26.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,807	$120,781
Median home value	$480,600	$444,100
Median gross rent	$1,342	—
Housing units	25,784	45
Homeownership rate	41.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corvallis	Summit
Population	58,028 → 60,424 (+4.1%)	204 → 212 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$52,942 → $63,807 (+20.5%)	$52,917 → $120,781 (+128.2%)
Median home value	$330,500 → $480,600 (+45.4%)	$168,000 → $444,100 (+164.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,342 (+23.0%)	—

Corvallis

Population

58,02860,424

Median household income

$52,942$63,807

Median home value

$330,500$480,600

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,342

Summit

Population

204212

Median household income

$52,917$120,781

Median home value

$168,000$444,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corvallis	Summit
Under 5	3.3%	15.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	31.4%	14.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	14.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	2.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corvallis	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	73.5%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corvallis	Summit
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	10.3%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corvallis	Summit
Drove alone	57.4%	76.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	16.9%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corvallis	Summit
1-unit, detached	47.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corvallis	Summit
Poverty rate	25.9%	16.5%
Average household size	2.25	4.71
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1978	1971