Lehighton vs Summit Hill

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

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

Lehighton has the higher population (5,268 vs 3,128 in Summit Hill). Summit Hill has the higher median household income ($66,685 vs $62,083 in Lehighton). Lehighton has the higher median home value ($198,600 vs $99,100 in Summit Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
Population	5,268	3,128
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,083	$66,685
Median home value	$198,600	$99,100
Median gross rent	$928	$1,172
Housing units	2,307	1,312
Homeownership rate	54.4%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
Population	5,304 → 5,268 (-0.7%)	2,943 → 3,128 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$42,294 → $62,083 (+46.8%)	$51,065 → $66,685 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$114,200 → $198,600 (+73.9%)	$92,800 → $99,100 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $928 (+25.4%)	$916 → $1,172 (+27.9%)

Lehighton

Population

5,3045,268

Median household income

$42,294$62,083

Median home value

$114,200$198,600

Median gross rent

$740$928

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)

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
Under 5	6.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.0%
75 and over	8.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.1%
High school graduate	46.7%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
Drove alone	66.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	19.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	7.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
1-unit, detached	50.0%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	18.9%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lehighton	Summit Hill
Poverty rate	13.1%	27.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1947	1938