Parowan vs Summit

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

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

Parowan has the higher population (3,095 vs 208 in Summit). Summit has the higher median household income ($100,592 vs $49,934 in Parowan). Parowan has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $241,100 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Parowan	Summit
Population	3,095	208
Median age	38.6 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,934	$100,592
Median home value	$299,800	$241,100
Median gross rent	$997	—
Housing units	1,310	77
Homeownership rate	63.5%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parowan	Summit
Population	3,033 → 3,095 (+2.0%)	228 → 208 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$42,101 → $49,934 (+18.6%)	$35,179 → $100,592 (+185.9%)
Median home value	$177,300 → $299,800 (+69.1%)	$295,000 → $241,100 (-18.3%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $997 (+9.2%)	—

Parowan

Population

3,0333,095

Median household income

$42,101$49,934

Median home value

$177,300$299,800

Median gross rent

$913$997

Summit

Population

228208

Median household income

$35,179$100,592

Median home value

$295,000$241,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parowan	Summit
Under 5	5.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	24.2%	6.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	30.8%
65 to 74	11.7%	0.0%
75 and over	3.1%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parowan	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	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	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parowan	Summit
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.9%
High school graduate	22.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parowan	Summit
Drove alone	69.1%	66.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	34.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parowan	Summit
1-unit, detached	79.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parowan	Summit
Poverty rate	16.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1985	1943