Get to know Summit Township in Erie County: Population, education, employment, more
This is part of a series of articles exploring Erie County through U.S. Census Bureau demographics of each of its municipalities and census-designated places.
Summit Township is the second smallest area and second youngest township in Erie County. Founded in 1854, Summit is 72 years older and 22.2 square miles larger than Lawrence Park, the youngest and smallest township in the county, according to summittownship.com.
But Summit Township also has a median age of 50, has a median household income of $70,542 and an 81.4% homeownership rate.
Here's more census statistics to know about Summit Township:
Most statistics are from the 2023 American Community Survey five-year estimates. Data from the 2020 Decennial Census is noted with an asterisk*. Erie County comparison data are in (parentheses).
Population: 7,342* (270,876)
Median household income: $70,542 ($60,663)
Education: 34.5% bachelor's degree or higher (29.3%)
Employment rate: 54.4% (56.2%)
Housing units: 3,316* (119,791)
Total households: 3,356 (111,118)
Without healthcare coverage: 1.9% (3.4%)
Median age: 50 (41.3)
Language spoken at home: 97.5% English only (93.4%)
Foreign-born population: 2.4% (4.6%)
Age 65 and older: 30.8% (20.5%)
Military veteran population: 9.3% (6.7%)
Population with disability: 14.1% (17.4%)
Median income by family type: families: $82,898 ($78,104); married couple families: $87,453 ($97,787); nonfamily households: $52,905 ($34,882)
Poverty (If a family's total income is less than the family's income threshold) 10.7% (14.6%).
Poverty by age: under 18, 25.7% (21.3%); 18-64, 8.4% (13.1%); 65 and over, 4.9% (11.9%).
Educational attainment: High school degree or equivalent, 36% (37.4%); some college, no degree, 14.6% (16.9%); associate's degree, 11.8% (9.2%); bachelor's degree, 18.7% (17.9%); graduate or professional degree, 15.8% (11.3%).
School enrollment: Nursery school, preschool: 11.3% (6%); School-enrolled population in kindergarten-12th grade: 72.7% (65.5%); college undergraduate, 12% (23.7%); graduate, professional, 4.1% (4.9%).
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Class of worker: local, state, federal government: 15.3% (12.0%); private company: 62.9% (65.1%); self-employed: 7.8% (4.1%), Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers: 10.4% (15.2%).
Average commute time: 19.1 minutes (19.5)
Means of commute: drove alone: 82.9% (75.2%); carpool: 8.2% (11%); bicycle: 0% (0.3%); walk: 0.3% (2.2%); worked from home: 7.5% (9%); taxicab, motorcycle or other means: 1.1% (1%).
Industry: educational services and health care and social assistance: 37% (31.6%); manufacturing: 17.3% (14.7%); arts, entertainment and recreation and accommodation and food services: 4.7% (8.3%); professional, scientific, and management and administrative and waste management services: 7.3% (7.6%); finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing: 6.5% (7.2%); other services except public administration: 5.8% (4.9%); construction: 7.5% (3.9%); transportation and warehousing and utilities: 2.7% (4.8%); public administration: 2.7% (3.2%); wholesale trade: 3%
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Mean usual hours worked, by sex: male: 42.1% (39.2%); female: 36.2% (35.4%).
Median gross rent: $1,523 ($894)
Occupied units paying rent: less than $500, 0% (9.8%); $500-$999, 14.8% (48.6%); $1,000 to $1,499; 33.1% (30.3%); $1,500 to $1,999; 44.6% (8.8%); $2,000 to $2,499; 0% (2.2%); $2,500 to $2,999: 7.4%.
Homeownership rate: 81.4% (69%)
Housing values: Less than $50,000: 19.5% (9.4%); $50,000 to $99,999: 8.5% (14.8%); $100,000 to $149,999: 6.5% (14.5%); $150,000 to $199,999: 11.9% (17.8%); $200,000 to $299,999: 23.4% (23.9%); $300,000 to $499,999: 28.3% (14.7%); $500,000 to $999,999: 2% (4.5%); $1,000,000 or more: 0% (0.4%).
Owner-occupied housing units by household type: Married-couple family, 1,534 (41,548); male household, no spouse present, 40 (4,228); female household, no spouse present, 154 (7,095).
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Children under 18: 19.4% of population (20.5%). By age: under 5, 4.4% (5%); 5-14, 12.4% (11.3%); 15-17, 2.6% (4.1%).
Average family size: 2.84 (2.87)
Marital status - never married: 25% (36.3%)
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 4 (477)
Asian: 133 (6,380)
Black or African-American: 42 (20,584)
Hispanic or Latino: 118 (12,030)
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: 2 (60)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 6,775 (219,180)
Some other race: 37 (4,649)
Two or more races: 317 (15,995)
White: 6,807 (222,731)
Find more data about Erie County and other counties in Pennsylvania and around the United States at GoErie.com's Data Central hub.
Contact Nicholas Sorensen at Nsorensen@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Exploring Summit Township, PA, through the US Census
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