Most of Summit View commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns. There are 2,210 jobs in Summit View, and 4,152 of its residents work somewhere. Summit View grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Summit View and work: the main findings
Summit View has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Summit View went from 1,387 in 2013 to 2,210 in 2023, +59%. The jobs ↓
Summit View makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Summit View are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Summit View residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Summit View gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Summit View is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #95 of 285 in Washington. Household income holds Summit View’s grade up ($108,806, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (6.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Summit View could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Goods, not services: 39% of the jobs in Summit View
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summit View, 2013 → 2023: 1,387 → 2,210. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Summit View’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Summit View, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 4,110 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 2,168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,500 people are in Summit View on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Tacoma
Where Summit View clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Summit View spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summit View workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,440 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Summit View
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Summit View, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Summit View is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #140 of 285 in Washington. Both inputs place Summit View near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,887 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 44% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Summit View households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Summit View’s commuters take a bus or train.
Summit View is 979th of 2,981 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Maltby WA | 10,910 | $185K | 3.9% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Normandy Park WA | 6,609 | $162K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 220 | Wollochet WA | 6,689 | $149K | 1.5% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 977 | Upper Hanover Township PA | 8,741 | $112K | 5.0% | 6.1% | 7% | B+ |
| 978 | Offutt AFB NE | 6,074 | $73K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 979 | Summit View WA | 8,480 | $109K | 5.3% | 6.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 980 | Cold Spring KY | 6,640 | $75K | 9.9% | 2.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 981 | Rockford MI | 6,313 | $107K | 5.0% | 6.2% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Summit View, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
The towns around Summit View
The biggest share goes to South Hill (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summit View workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit View | – | B+ | A− | 29 min | $108,806 |
| South Hill | 3% | A− | B+ | 34 min | $113,130 |
| Clover Creek | under 3% | B− | B+ | 33 min | $95,061 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summit View’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Summit View: questions
What is the median household income in Summit View?
$108,806 (±$22,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summit View?
5.3%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summit View?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summit View work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tacoma (15%, 10 mi), Puyallup (10%, 4 mi), Seattle (9%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Summit View walkable?
Summit View is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summit View without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summit View, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summit View
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.