City safety & data profile

SummitNJ

Summit, NJ is a 22K-resident city in Union County with a median household income of $190,304.

Union County, New Jersey. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Summit, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Summit has a population larger than 49% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $994,500, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

22K
Population (place)
Bottom 50%
By size
$190,304
Median income (place)
$994,500
Median home (place)
5.5%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Summit

Summit posts a median household income higher than 98% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Summit area.

Top 2%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Summit

Where Summit income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$190,304 Top 2% higher than 98% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Summit $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NJ

Population among 151 NJ places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Newark is the largest NJ city on this list; Short Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NJ

Median household income among the same 151-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Short Hills posts the highest place-level median income in NJ; Newark is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Summit, NJ beyond the headline numbers

Summit sits inside Union County, New Jersey, at roughly 40.72°N, -74.36°W. Population 22,074, $190,304 median household income. Median home value $994,500, median rent $2,430. Poverty rate 5.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Summit, 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.5% of Summit, NJ residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

A median home in Summit runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

23.8% of Summit workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 8.4% in Summit, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

17.6% of Summit workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 41.8 years, Summit's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Summit from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
22,074
Summit · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$190,304
+113% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$994,500
+140% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Union County): Summit's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
579K+7%
Median Income
$103,202+51%
Median Home Value
$529,200+46%
Poverty Rate
9.2%-15%
Unemployment
6.5%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Summit, NJ
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,430/mo
Poverty Rate
5.5% -56% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 72.5%
Work From Home 23.8%
Public Transit 17.6%

Population

White 69.1%
African American 6%
Asian 7.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.4%
High Blood Pressure
28.7%
Obesity
24.1%
Binge Drinking
17%
Physical Inactivity
16.8%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
9.7%
Current Asthma
8.4%
Diabetes
8.1%
Current Smoking
7.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 75.4%
Annual Checkup 77.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.4%
Stroke
2.3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
OVERLOOK MEDICAL CENTER
SUMMIT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Summit?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Summit right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NJ-SUMMIT-NJ · Summit

Summit: 5 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 5 on record
  • WX-LED 80% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago

Tagged alert mix: Summit

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 5 tagged notices on record for Summit.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Chicago, IL (5 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Summit; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse New Jersey state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (5 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Chicago, IL 5 alerts Philadelphia, PA 5 alerts Indianapolis, IN 5 alerts Atlanta, GA 5 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Summit, NJ? ▼
Summit, NJ has a population of 22,074 people, located in Union County, New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Summit? ▼
The median household income in Summit, NJ is $190,304 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.5%.
What is the median home value in Summit? ▼
The median home value in Summit, NJ is $994,500. Median rent is $2,430/month.
What are the top health concerns in Summit? ▼
The top health indicators in Summit include Short Sleep Duration (34.4%), High Blood Pressure (28.7%), Obesity (24.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Summit? ▼
Summit has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Summit? ▼
The median age in Summit, NJ is 41.8 years. 72.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Summit, both outside New Jersey so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NJ (5.5% here).

Sugar Land, TX 5.5% Sandy, UT 5.5% Downers Grove, IL 5.5% Romeoville, IL 5.5%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NJ ($190,304 here).

Newton, MA $190,304 Pleasanton, CA $190,124 Lakeway, TX $190,060 Wilmette, IL $190,662

Compare Summit with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

New Providence, NJ 12K Springfield, NJ 14K Short Hills, NJ 13K Westfield, NJ 31K Millburn, NJ 20K Scotch Plains, NJ 24K Madison, NJ 16K Florham Park, NJ 12K
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Using Summit's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Summit area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Summit against New Jersey peers on any ranking lens. Explore New Jersey

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Union County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.