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Summit Township Butler County Pennsylvania
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SummitPA

A town of 4,422.

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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Population
4,422
−7.8% since 2010
Median home value
$209K
Census ACS
Household income
$59K
median
Median age
50.3
years
Jobs based here
1,333
A commuter town
A commuter town

95% of working residents leave Summit for work

Where Summit’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

12% → Butler Butler 12% 12% → Butler Butler 12% 10% → Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 10% 3% → Jefferson Jefferson 3% 2% → Center Center 2% 2% → Cranberry Cranberry 2% Summit · 5% stay
1,333jobs based in Summit
5%of working residents work in town
14 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

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The data

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Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Summit

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (12%), Butler (12%) and Pittsburgh (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

5%work in town

Where working residents work

In Summit5%
Butler12%
Butler12%
Pittsburgh10%
Jefferson3%
14 mi
median commute distance
1,333
jobs based in Summit
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Summit has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 35 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

35″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter21–38°
Spring37–60°
Summer58–81°
Fall41–63°
Oct 14
typical first frost
May 7
typical last frost
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Summit is

Summit tracks Pennsylvania closely on all 5 CDC measures.

5 measures vs. Pennsylvania
0 better5 too close to call0 worse
Independence Health System Butler Memorial Hospita
7.1 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 44% of U.S. communities.

44risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
44Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland flooding
60
paid flood claims since 1978
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Schools

Summit’s public schools outperform 52% of Pennsylvania districts

The public schools Summit’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 52% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B−School Grade
SchoolGradesStudentsGrade
Summit Township El SchK–5259B−
Summit Academy Private7–12115
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduationAll 2 schools →
Outdoors

0.4% of Summit is conserved land

0.9 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0.4%conserved
0.4%
conserved · 61 of 14,309 acres
0.9 mi
of trails · 0 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. State Game Lands Number 164—8
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →

About Summit

Township in Pennsylvania, US

Summit Township is a township that is located in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,503 at the time of the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
4,504
Area
23 sq mi

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