Nesquehoning vs Summit Hill

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

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

Nesquehoning has the higher population (3,345 vs 3,128 in Summit Hill). Summit Hill has the higher median household income ($66,685 vs $53,571 in Nesquehoning). Nesquehoning has the higher median home value ($105,400 vs $99,100 in Summit Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
Population	3,345	3,128
Median age	35.7 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,571	$66,685
Median home value	$105,400	$99,100
Median gross rent	$970	$1,172
Housing units	1,492	1,312
Homeownership rate	55.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
Population	3,239 → 3,345 (+3.3%)	2,943 → 3,128 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$50,192 → $53,571 (+6.7%)	$51,065 → $66,685 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $105,400 (+16.1%)	$92,800 → $99,100 (+6.8%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $970 (+36.6%)	$916 → $1,172 (+27.9%)

Nesquehoning

Population

3,2393,345

Median household income

$50,192$53,571

Median home value

$90,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$710$970

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)

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
Under 5	4.3%	9.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	18.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.0%
75 and over	9.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	85.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	48.1%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
Drove alone	81.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	7.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
1-unit, detached	42.5%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	34.2%	34.8%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Nesquehoning	Summit Hill
Poverty rate	15.9%	27.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938