Summit vs Swansea

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

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

Swansea has the higher population (700 vs 596 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $49,271 in Swansea). Summit has the higher median home value ($200,400 vs $112,500 in Swansea).

Population, income & housing

	Summit	Swansea
Population	596	700
Median age	49.6 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$49,271
Median home value	$200,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,011	$983
Housing units	233	375
Homeownership rate	86.5%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summit	Swansea
Population	507 → 596 (+17.6%)	897 → 700 (-22.0%)
Median household income	$62,143 → $76,250 (+22.7%)	$33,036 → $49,271 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $200,400 (+66.3%)	$97,400 → $112,500 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $1,011 (+15.5%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Summit

Population

507596

Median household income

$62,143$76,250

Median home value

$120,500$200,400

Median gross rent

$875$1,011

Swansea

Population

897700

Median household income

$33,036$49,271

Median home value

$97,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$763$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summit	Swansea
Under 5	2.5%	8.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	22.4%
18 to 24	12.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.2%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	26.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	9.3%
75 and over	7.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summit	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	33.6%
Black or African American	10.4%	60.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summit	Swansea
No high school diploma	14.1%	9.9%
High school graduate	23.1%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	49.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summit	Swansea
Drove alone	86.3%	76.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summit	Swansea
1-unit, detached	63.5%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.6%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Summit	Swansea
Poverty rate	6.7%	26.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1995	1976