Summit Hill vs Towamensing Trails

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

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

Summit Hill has the higher population (3,128 vs 2,032 in Towamensing Trails). Towamensing Trails has the higher median household income ($83,196 vs $66,685 in Summit Hill). Towamensing Trails has the higher median home value ($227,900 vs $99,100 in Summit Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
Population	3,128	2,032
Median age	36.7 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,685	$83,196
Median home value	$99,100	$227,900
Median gross rent	$1,172	—
Housing units	1,312	2,364
Homeownership rate	80.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
Population	2,943 → 3,128 (+6.3%)	1,602 → 2,032 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$51,065 → $66,685 (+30.6%)	$52,083 → $83,196 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $99,100 (+6.8%)	$162,700 → $227,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,172 (+27.9%)	$1,354 → $1,404 (+3.7%)

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

Towamensing Trails

Population

1,6022,032

Median household income

$52,083$83,196

Median home value

$162,700$227,900

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
Under 5	9.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	2.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	7.8%
45 to 54	12.1%	24.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	21.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	24.2%
75 and over	5.6%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	77.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	44.6%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
Drove alone	82.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	22.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
1-unit, detached	61.2%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	34.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Summit Hill	Towamensing Trails
Poverty rate	27.2%	4.4%
Average household size	2.57	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1938	1993