One downside of living in Summit is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Summit, the average commute to work is 30.74 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the village, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
For a small village, Summit has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Summit exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In Summit, just 12.78% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Summit in 2022 was $27,730, which is lower middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,920 for a family of four. However, Summit contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Summit is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Summit home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Summit, accounting for 73.90% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Summit residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Summit include German, Irish, Polish, Italian, and Czech.
Summit also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 40.42%.
The most common language spoken in Summit is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Polish.
