Fountain Springs vs Summit Station

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Springs and Summit Station: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Springs has the higher population (154 vs 148 in Summit Station). Summit Station has the higher median household income ($81,635 vs $60,263 in Fountain Springs). Since 2019, Summit Station's population has grown faster (-24.9% vs -59.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
Population	154	148
Median age	42.1 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,263	$81,635
Housing units	80	69
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	29.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
Population	377 → 154 (-59.2%)	197 → 148 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $60,263 (-5.5%)	$62,188 → $81,635 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$128,400 → $92,900 (-27.6%)	$132,200 → $118,300 (-10.5%)

Fountain Springs

Population

377154

Median household income

$63,750$60,263

Median home value

$128,400$92,900

Summit Station

Population

197148

Median household income

$62,188$81,635

Median home value

$132,200$118,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	32.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.8%	30.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	36.5%
75 and over	3.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	18.8%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	50.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
Drove alone	100.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
1-unit, detached	70.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Springs	Summit Station
Poverty rate	48.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.30	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938