Jim Thorpe vs Summit Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Jim Thorpe and Summit Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Jim Thorpe and Summit Hill are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jim Thorpe has the higher population (4,534 vs 3,128 in Summit Hill). Jim Thorpe has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $66,685 in Summit Hill). Jim Thorpe has the higher median home value ($177,400 vs $99,100 in Summit Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
Population	4,534	3,128
Median age	49.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$66,685
Median home value	$177,400	$99,100
Median gross rent	$831	$1,172
Housing units	2,412	1,312
Homeownership rate	84.1%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
Population	4,641 → 4,534 (-2.3%)	2,943 → 3,128 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$59,349 → $70,625 (+19.0%)	$51,065 → $66,685 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $177,400 (+17.0%)	$92,800 → $99,100 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $831 (+13.1%)	$916 → $1,172 (+27.9%)

Jim Thorpe

Population

4,6414,534

Median household income

$59,349$70,625

Median home value

$151,600$177,400

Median gross rent

$735$831

Summit Hill

Population

2,9433,128

Median household income

$51,065$66,685

Median home value

$92,800$99,100

Median gross rent

$916$1,172

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
Under 5	6.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	20.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.0%
75 and over	8.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
Drove alone	87.3%	82.3%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
1-unit, detached	66.4%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	27.3%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Jim Thorpe	Summit Hill
Poverty rate	7.6%	27.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938