Mount Carbon vs Summit Station

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

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

Summit Station has the higher population (148 vs 39 in Mount Carbon). Summit Station has the higher median household income ($81,635 vs $61,250 in Mount Carbon). Since 2019, Summit Station's population has grown faster (-24.9% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
Population	39	148
Median age	55.5 yrs	63.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$81,635
Median home value	$76,700	—
Housing units	22	69
Homeownership rate	84.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
Population	61 → 39 (-36.1%)	197 → 148 (-24.9%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $61,250 (+40.0%)	$62,188 → $81,635 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $76,700 (+27.8%)	$132,200 → $118,300 (-10.5%)

Mount Carbon

Population

6139

Median household income

$43,750$61,250

Median home value

$60,000$76,700

Summit Station

Population

197148

Median household income

$62,188$81,635

Median home value

$132,200$118,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	20.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	25.6%	30.4%
65 to 74	17.9%	36.5%
75 and over	7.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
No high school diploma	11.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.2%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
Drove alone	80.0%	84.9%
Carpooled	15.0%	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	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
1-unit, detached	45.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	50.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carbon	Summit Station
Poverty rate	2.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938