Summitville is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 991 people and just one neighborhood, Summitville is the 323rd largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Summitville was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
When you are in Summitville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.50% of Summitville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Summitville is a town of service providers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Summitville who work in food service (14.05%), sales jobs (9.67%), and healthcare (7.85%).
Also of interest is that Summitville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Overall, Summitville’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
As is often the case in a small town, Summitville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Summitville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.34% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Summitville in 2022 was $24,732, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,928 for a family of four. However, Summitville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Summitville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Summitville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Summitville include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and European.
The most common language spoken in Summitville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Summitville, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.8% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Indiana.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 37 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.4% of America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Summitville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 55.8% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 36.4% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 31.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.5%), and 12.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.8% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Summitville, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.6%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (2.5%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (1.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (30.2% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (85.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.