Blue Ridge Summit vs Pen Mar

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

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

Pen Mar has the higher population (1,338 vs 1,016 in Blue Ridge Summit). Pen Mar has the higher median household income ($117,010 vs $57,857 in Blue Ridge Summit). Blue Ridge Summit has the higher median home value ($284,100 vs $264,100 in Pen Mar).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
Population	1,016	1,338
Median age	42.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,857	$117,010
Median home value	$284,100	$264,100
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	481	446
Homeownership rate	46.7%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
Population	672 → 1,016 (+51.2%)	1,025 → 1,338 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$38,713 → $57,857 (+49.5%)	$76,786 → $117,010 (+52.4%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $284,100 (+63.8%)	$208,800 → $264,100 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $842 (+29.9%)	—

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

Pen Mar

Population

1,0251,338

Median household income

$76,786$117,010

Median home value

$208,800$264,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
Under 5	1.9%	8.1%
5 to 17	23.2%	27.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	24.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	7.9%
65 to 74	18.3%	4.3%
75 and over	6.3%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	84.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
No high school diploma	10.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	18.7%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	53.3%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
Drove alone	70.4%	70.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	17.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
1-unit, detached	41.2%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge Summit	Pen Mar
Poverty rate	1.7%	1.0%
Average household size	2.25	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1966	1980