Summit vs Waller

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

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

Summit has the higher population (8,885 vs 7,857 in Waller). Waller has the higher median household income ($118,077 vs $107,977 in Summit). Waller has the higher median home value ($481,200 vs $480,000 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	Summit	Waller
Population	8,885	7,857
Median age	42.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$107,977	$118,077
Median home value	$480,000	$481,200
Median gross rent	$1,460	$1,785
Housing units	3,630	3,047
Homeownership rate	78.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summit	Waller
Population	8,946 → 8,885 (-0.7%)	7,647 → 7,857 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$77,247 → $107,977 (+39.8%)	$83,438 → $118,077 (+41.5%)
Median home value	$299,300 → $480,000 (+60.4%)	$314,000 → $481,200 (+53.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,243 → $1,460 (+17.5%)	$1,144 → $1,785 (+56.0%)

Summit

Population

8,9468,885

Median household income

$77,247$107,977

Median home value

$299,300$480,000

Median gross rent

$1,243$1,460

Waller

Population

7,6477,857

Median household income

$83,438$118,077

Median home value

$314,000$481,200

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summit	Waller
Under 5	4.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.3%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summit	Waller
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	75.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	1.3%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summit	Waller
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	31.8%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summit	Waller
Drove alone	74.9%	68.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	9.7%
Public transit	2.0%	2.8%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	16.4%
Other means	2.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summit	Waller
1-unit, detached	75.8%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Summit	Waller
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1978	1971