Lansford vs Summit Hill

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

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

Lansford has the higher population (4,144 vs 3,128 in Summit Hill). Summit Hill has the higher median household income ($66,685 vs $44,078 in Lansford). Summit Hill has the higher median home value ($99,100 vs $48,700 in Lansford).

Population, income & housing

	Lansford	Summit Hill
Population	4,144	3,128
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,078	$66,685
Median home value	$48,700	$99,100
Median gross rent	$963	$1,172
Housing units	2,129	1,312
Homeownership rate	49.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	21.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansford	Summit Hill
Population	3,796 → 4,144 (+9.2%)	2,943 → 3,128 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$34,426 → $44,078 (+28.0%)	$51,065 → $66,685 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$45,900 → $48,700 (+6.1%)	$92,800 → $99,100 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$765 → $963 (+25.9%)	$916 → $1,172 (+27.9%)

Lansford

Population

3,7964,144

Median household income

$34,426$44,078

Median home value

$45,900$48,700

Median gross rent

$765$963

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)

	Lansford	Summit Hill
Under 5	9.9%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	12.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.0%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansford	Summit Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	85.5%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansford	Summit Hill
No high school diploma	19.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	48.5%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansford	Summit Hill
Drove alone	79.0%	82.3%
Carpooled	15.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansford	Summit Hill
1-unit, detached	15.8%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	65.8%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lansford	Summit Hill
Poverty rate	24.0%	27.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	44	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938