Elgin vs Summerville

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Summerville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elgin has the higher population (1,592 vs 119 in Summerville). Summerville has the higher median household income ($118,611 vs $53,750 in Elgin). Summerville has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $180,900 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Summerville
Population	1,592	119
Median age	37.2 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$118,611
Median home value	$180,900	$250,000
Median gross rent	$1,007	—
Housing units	648	56
Homeownership rate	64.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Summerville
Population	1,448 → 1,592 (+9.9%)	170 → 119 (-30.0%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $53,750 (+28.8%)	$51,250 → $118,611 (+131.4%)
Median home value	$134,400 → $180,900 (+34.6%)	$155,700 → $250,000 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $1,007 (+44.1%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Elgin

Population

1,4481,592

Median household income

$41,719$53,750

Median home value

$134,400$180,900

Median gross rent

$699$1,007

Summerville

Population

170119

Median household income

$51,250$118,611

Median home value

$155,700$250,000

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Summerville
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.4%	19.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	26.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	3.4%
65 to 74	13.2%	16.0%
75 and over	6.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Summerville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Summerville
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.7%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Summerville
Drove alone	81.8%	87.5%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.6%
Bicycle	4.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Summerville
1-unit, detached	71.6%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.4%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Summerville
Poverty rate	9.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1971	1976