Clarks Summit vs Jessup

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

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

Clarks Summit has the higher population (5,058 vs 4,506 in Jessup). Clarks Summit has the higher median household income ($91,442 vs $61,174 in Jessup). Clarks Summit has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $170,000 in Jessup).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
Population	5,058	4,506
Median age	44.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,442	$61,174
Median home value	$236,900	$170,000
Median gross rent	$1,147	$902
Housing units	2,297	2,149
Homeownership rate	76.4%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
Population	4,914 → 5,058 (+2.9%)	4,441 → 4,506 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$76,364 → $91,442 (+19.7%)	$59,276 → $61,174 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $236,900 (+7.8%)	$144,800 → $170,000 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,147 (+26.5%)	$841 → $902 (+7.3%)

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

Jessup

Population

4,4414,506

Median household income

$59,276$61,174

Median home value

$144,800$170,000

Median gross rent

$841$902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
Under 5	4.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.1%
75 and over	10.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	15.4%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
Drove alone	73.1%	83.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
1-unit, detached	80.3%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Summit	Jessup
Poverty rate	2.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	30
Median year structure built	1967	1960