Blue Ridge Summit vs Mont Alto

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge Summit and Mont Alto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mont Alto has the higher population (1,531 vs 1,016 in Blue Ridge Summit). Mont Alto has the higher median household income ($74,722 vs $57,857 in Blue Ridge Summit). Blue Ridge Summit has the higher median home value ($284,100 vs $188,000 in Mont Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
Population	1,016	1,531
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,857	$74,722
Median home value	$284,100	$188,000
Median gross rent	$842	$1,291
Housing units	481	634
Homeownership rate	46.7%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
Population	672 → 1,016 (+51.2%)	1,783 → 1,531 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$38,713 → $57,857 (+49.5%)	$62,159 → $74,722 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $284,100 (+63.8%)	$142,600 → $188,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $842 (+29.9%)	$986 → $1,291 (+30.9%)

Blue Ridge Summit

Population

6721,016

Median household income

$38,713$57,857

Median home value

$173,400$284,100

Median gross rent

$648$842

Mont Alto

Population

1,7831,531

Median household income

$62,159$74,722

Median home value

$142,600$188,000

Median gross rent

$986$1,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
Under 5	1.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.2%	6.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	19.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	18.3%	9.7%
75 and over	6.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
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%	2.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
No high school diploma	10.1%	12.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
Drove alone	70.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
1-unit, detached	41.2%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Summit	Mont Alto
Poverty rate	1.7%	12.9%
Average household size	2.25	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1966	1969