Elm Grove vs Summit

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

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

Elm Grove has the higher population (6,428 vs 4,997 in Summit). Elm Grove has the higher median household income ($133,304 vs $124,750 in Summit). Summit has the higher median home value ($510,200 vs $468,000 in Elm Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Grove	Summit
Population	6,428	4,997
Median age	44.6 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,304	$124,750
Median home value	$468,000	$510,200
Median gross rent	$1,788	$1,734
Housing units	2,316	2,299
Homeownership rate	88.4%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	55.3%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Grove	Summit
Population	6,153 → 6,428 (+4.5%)	4,917 → 4,997 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$106,058 → $133,304 (+25.7%)	$113,854 → $124,750 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$370,500 → $468,000 (+26.3%)	$403,000 → $510,200 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,788 (+88.2%)	$1,144 → $1,734 (+51.6%)

Elm Grove

Population

6,1536,428

Median household income

$106,058$133,304

Median home value

$370,500$468,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,788

Summit

Population

4,9174,997

Median household income

$113,854$124,750

Median home value

$403,000$510,200

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Grove	Summit
Under 5	8.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	5.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.1%
75 and over	9.9%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Grove	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Grove	Summit
No high school diploma	0.9%	0.9%
High school graduate	11.9%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Grove	Summit
Drove alone	71.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	10.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Grove	Summit
1-unit, detached	77.0%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elm Grove	Summit
Poverty rate	4.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1961	1980