Summit vs Wales

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

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

Summit has the higher population (4,997 vs 2,915 in Wales). Summit has the higher median household income ($124,750 vs $110,804 in Wales). Summit has the higher median home value ($510,200 vs $383,600 in Wales).

Population, income & housing

	Summit	Wales
Population	4,997	2,915
Median age	53.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$124,750	$110,804
Median home value	$510,200	$383,600
Median gross rent	$1,734	$1,473
Housing units	2,299	1,054
Homeownership rate	90.8%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.3%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summit	Wales
Population	4,917 → 4,997 (+1.6%)	2,581 → 2,915 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$113,854 → $124,750 (+9.6%)	$98,125 → $110,804 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$403,000 → $510,200 (+26.6%)	$292,800 → $383,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,734 (+51.6%)	$1,014 → $1,473 (+45.3%)

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

Wales

Population

2,5812,915

Median household income

$98,125$110,804

Median home value

$292,800$383,600

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,473

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summit	Wales
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.5%
75 and over	10.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summit	Wales
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summit	Wales
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	15.9%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.3%	35.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summit	Wales
Drove alone	83.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	16.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summit	Wales
1-unit, detached	96.3%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Summit	Wales
Poverty rate	7.0%	1.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1980	1979