Clarks Summit vs Dickson City

A side-by-side comparison of Clarks Summit and Dickson City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dickson City has the higher population (6,022 vs 5,058 in Clarks Summit). Clarks Summit has the higher median household income ($91,442 vs $58,343 in Dickson City). Clarks Summit has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $184,700 in Dickson City).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
Population	5,058	6,022
Median age	44.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,442	$58,343
Median home value	$236,900	$184,700
Median gross rent	$1,147	$951
Housing units	2,297	3,037
Homeownership rate	76.4%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
Population	4,914 → 5,058 (+2.9%)	5,802 → 6,022 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$76,364 → $91,442 (+19.7%)	$53,167 → $58,343 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $236,900 (+7.8%)	$141,500 → $184,700 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,147 (+26.5%)	$780 → $951 (+21.9%)

Clarks Summit

Population

4,9145,058

Median household income

$76,364$91,442

Median home value

$219,700$236,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,147

Dickson City

Population

5,8026,022

Median household income

$53,167$58,343

Median home value

$141,500$184,700

Median gross rent

$780$951

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
Under 5	4.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.5%
75 and over	10.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
No high school diploma	3.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	15.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
Drove alone	73.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	9.2%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
1-unit, detached	80.3%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Summit	Dickson City
Poverty rate	2.8%	14.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1967	1946