Pelion vs Summit

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

Pelion and Summit are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pelion has the higher population (1,147 vs 596 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $61,250 in Pelion). Summit has the higher median home value ($200,400 vs $148,400 in Pelion).

Population, income & housing

	Pelion	Summit
Population	1,147	596
Median age	50.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$76,250
Median home value	$148,400	$200,400
Median gross rent	$850	$1,011
Housing units	394	233
Homeownership rate	86.9%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pelion	Summit
Population	695 → 1,147 (+65.0%)	507 → 596 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$63,194 → $61,250 (-3.1%)	$62,143 → $76,250 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $148,400 (+9.8%)	$120,500 → $200,400 (+66.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $850 (+25.9%)	$875 → $1,011 (+15.5%)

Pelion

Population

6951,147

Median household income

$63,194$61,250

Median home value

$135,100$148,400

Median gross rent

$675$850

Summit

Population

507596

Median household income

$62,143$76,250

Median home value

$120,500$200,400

Median gross rent

$875$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pelion	Summit
Under 5	6.3%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	8.4%	7.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	8.7%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	31.6%	26.2%
65 to 74	4.4%	11.6%
75 and over	1.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pelion	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	86.1%
Black or African American	4.4%	10.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pelion	Summit
No high school diploma	22.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	31.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pelion	Summit
Drove alone	85.2%	86.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pelion	Summit
1-unit, detached	93.7%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Pelion	Summit
Poverty rate	15.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.73	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1984	1995