Clarks Summit vs Olyphant

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

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

Olyphant has the higher population (5,370 vs 5,058 in Clarks Summit). Clarks Summit has the higher median household income ($91,442 vs $63,516 in Olyphant). Clarks Summit has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $143,400 in Olyphant).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
Population	5,058	5,370
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,442	$63,516
Median home value	$236,900	$143,400
Median gross rent	$1,147	$889
Housing units	2,297	2,607
Homeownership rate	76.4%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
Population	4,914 → 5,058 (+2.9%)	5,064 → 5,370 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$76,364 → $91,442 (+19.7%)	$46,078 → $63,516 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $236,900 (+7.8%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,147 (+26.5%)	$803 → $889 (+10.7%)

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

Olyphant

Population

5,0645,370

Median household income

$46,078$63,516

Median home value

$127,800$143,400

Median gross rent

$803$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	10.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
No high school diploma	3.1%	2.1%
High school graduate	15.4%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
Drove alone	73.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	15.7%	12.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
1-unit, detached	80.3%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	11.9%
20 or more units	3.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Summit	Olyphant
Poverty rate	2.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1967	1963