Loretto vs Summertown

A side-by-side comparison of Loretto and Summertown: population, income, housing, and more.

Loretto and Summertown are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Loretto has the higher population (1,757 vs 793 in Summertown). Summertown has the higher median household income ($82,695 vs $51,771 in Loretto). Summertown has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $133,000 in Loretto).

Population, income & housing

	Loretto	Summertown
Population	1,757	793
Median age	41.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,771	$82,695
Median home value	$133,000	$196,300
Median gross rent	$684	$876
Housing units	757	319
Homeownership rate	83.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loretto	Summertown
Population	1,756 → 1,757 (+0.1%)	651 → 793 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,771 (+17.5%)	$47,661 → $82,695 (+73.5%)
Median home value	$94,000 → $133,000 (+41.5%)	$83,000 → $196,300 (+136.5%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $684 (+7.2%)	$838 → $876 (+4.5%)

Loretto

Population

1,7561,757

Median household income

$44,063$51,771

Median home value

$94,000$133,000

Median gross rent

$638$684

Summertown

Population

651793

Median household income

$47,661$82,695

Median home value

$83,000$196,300

Median gross rent

$838$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loretto	Summertown
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	10.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	24.8%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	19.2%
75 and over	8.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loretto	Summertown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	97.0%
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	4.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loretto	Summertown
No high school diploma	13.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	51.0%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loretto	Summertown
Drove alone	83.3%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loretto	Summertown
1-unit, detached	83.0%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Loretto	Summertown
Poverty rate	13.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1972	1993