SummitMS
A town of 1,417, settled in 1856.
Is Summit a good place to live?
Summit’s weakest subject grade is a D for incomes. Summit's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 96% of U.S. towns. Bank of Summit and Theodore L. McGehee Plantation House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Summit has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,417 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Summit grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Mississippi), ordered by how far Summit is from typical.
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Moving to Summit: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Summit, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Summit.
On state tests, Summit’s schools trail 90% of Mississippi districts
Its public schools are run by the McComb School District. Summit’s only public school teaches 200 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–4 | Grades 1–4 | 200 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MS on state tests and graduation
Residents of Summit are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns
Summit: 86% of adults had a checkup this year. Of 31 CDC measures, Summit beats the Mississippi average on 2 and trails it on 9. Among 102 Mississippi towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Summit. In Summit, 20% of adults have diabetes, above both the Mississippi town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (12%).
| Summit | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 53% | 45% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 42% | 35% |
| What stands out | Summit | MS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 10.2% | 13.6% |
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 85.5% | 81.5% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 15.7% | 11.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Mississippi overall
For adults 25 and older in Summit, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 18%. Children under 18 are just over a third of residents (23% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 29% of residents (37% statewide). The town is shrinking: down 5.5% since 2020, to 1,417 residents (2025 estimate). The age of the median resident for Summit comes to 31.3 years, below both Mississippi’s towns (37 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
| Summit | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 31.3 years | 37 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 18% | 25% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.6 points. Across Mississippi, 51.5% of residents are women.
| Summit | MS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 21.6% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.8% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.1% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.6% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.9% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12% | 12.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.6% | 29.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.3% | 21.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 10.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 4.6% | 15.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.8% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
The typical home in Summit is valued at about $143K
Values rose 5% in the 12 months to September 2026. In Summit, 53% of households own their home. The median rent here is $929 a month.
| Summit | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 62% | 73% |
| Median rent | $929 a month | $905 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Summit, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of residents live below the poverty line in Summit than in most of Mississippi or the rest of the country
Commuting out is the norm in Summit: 2% of working residents work locally. The town’s median household income comes in at $29,000. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 132, to 492. Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles.
| Summit | Mississippi towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 46% | 21% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $29,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 19% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moderate risk in Summit, with inland flooding at the top
Federal aid has come to Summit households in 6 declared disasters; the latest was in 2025. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 34% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to tornadoes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Summit
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Summit
About 8 of every 100 Summit residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Mississippi.
Summit has shrunk 17% since 2010
1,705 counted in 2010 and 1,505 in 2020; an estimated 1,417 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Famous people from Summit
5 notable people were born in Summit.
About Summit
Town in Mississippi, United States
Summit is a town in Pike County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, Summit had a population of 1,505. It is part of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town originated as a railroad town and was named Summit because it was thought to be the highest point on the Illinois Central Railroad between New Orleans and Jackson, Tennessee. However, nearby Brookhaven has that distinction. It was the birthplace of the "Summit Trio", a group of three women artists in the 1960s.
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- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 433 ft
- ZIP code
- 39666
- Area code
- 601
Questions about Summit
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Summit, MS expensive?
That is 3.2 years of the area's median household income ($44,597 across the McComb, MS area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
What is Summit, MS known for?
5 notable people were born here, including Ed Manning and Alijah Martin.