Summit is a city of 2,451 people in Mississippi. The poverty rate is 45.8%, above the 12.5% national rate. The population has risen by half since 2000, adding 1,023 people. This skews young, with a median age of 31.3. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 18% of adults. Households here earn about 48% less than in Mississippi as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $29,375, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 31.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
18% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Summit
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants72.7% → 53.1%(−19.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Black share68.2% → 85.3%(+17.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree13.6% → 18.4%(+4.7 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Summit's population equals 6.2% of Pike County's. Its number of households earning $100,000 or more equals 2.8% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 10% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.4%(15)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.6%(17)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 64 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Summit, decade by decade
Summit population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,566
$27,764
$97,923
13.6%
54.2
2000
1,428
$38,351
$97,823
17.2%
57.3
2010
1,705
$33,886
$127,170
14.1%
48.0
2020
1,505
$32,357
$111,871
25.3%
46.9
2024
2,451
$29,375
$113,600
18.4%
32.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
