For about half of its working residents, Summitview is a commute to Yakima
Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Summitview A−; getting around on foot earns it D. For 8% of workers, the job is at home, next to 20% for Washington as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Summitview in brief
Summitview is a place people come home to
There are 135 jobs based in Summitview, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Summitview has about 1,700 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Summitview residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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; with 795 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Summitview’s Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($105,184, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Summitview could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Out of Summitview to work: where people go
Where Summitview clocks in
46% 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.
Who works in Summitview, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 786 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Summitview on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Summitview commutes less than 7 miles
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Goods jobs make up 34% of work in Summitview
135 jobs are based in Summitview.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summitview, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 135. 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 Summitview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Summitview: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summitview workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,045 commuters (the 8% 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.
For most of Summitview, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 8.9% across Washington.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,137 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Summitview households have no vehicle (Washington 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Summitview’s commuters take a bus or train.
Summitview places 704th of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Medina WA | 2,974 | $250K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Cathcart WA | 2,064 | $130K | 3.2% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | Meadow Glade WA | 2,281 | $129K | 2.4% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 702 | Staunton Township OH | 2,513 | $111K | 7.8% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| 703 | South Vacherie LA | 2,954 | $81K | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 704 | Summitview WA | 2,321 | $105K | 5.6% | 2.7% | 1% | A− |
| 705 | LaGrange OH | 2,893 | $95K | 6.8% | 3.0% | 7% | A− |
| 706 | Perry Township OH | 2,763 | $99K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Summitview, the top three, the last and three more from Washington.
Summitview and its neighbors: 46% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summitview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summitview | – | A− | D | 19 min | $105,184 |
| Yakima | 46% | C− | B+ | 18 min | $62,815 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Yakima. Darker towns draw more of Summitview’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 Summitview: questions
What is the median household income in Summitview?
$105,184 (±$40,920) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summitview?
5.6%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summitview?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summitview work?
1% work in town.
Is Summitview walkable?
Summitview is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summitview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summitview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summitview
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.