Fayette vs Pettisville

A side-by-side comparison of Fayette and Pettisville: population, income, housing, and more.

Fayette and Pettisville are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fayette has the higher population (1,074 vs 488 in Pettisville). Pettisville has the higher median household income ($97,273 vs $47,500 in Fayette). Pettisville has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $92,300 in Fayette).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette	Pettisville
Population	1,074	488
Median age	43.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$97,273
Median home value	$92,300	$159,400
Median gross rent	$750	$850
Housing units	518	171
Homeownership rate	51.8%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette	Pettisville
Population	1,299 → 1,074 (-17.3%)	538 → 488 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$46,571 → $47,500 (+2.0%)	$65,714 → $97,273 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$69,800 → $92,300 (+32.2%)	$132,800 → $159,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $750 (+20.2%)	$700 → $850 (+21.4%)

Fayette

Population

1,2991,074

Median household income

$46,571$47,500

Median home value

$69,800$92,300

Median gross rent

$624$750

Pettisville

Population

538488

Median household income

$65,714$97,273

Median home value

$132,800$159,400

Median gross rent

$700$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette	Pettisville
Under 5	2.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	8.8%
45 to 54	17.3%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	18.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette	Pettisville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette	Pettisville
No high school diploma	12.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	56.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette	Pettisville
Drove alone	67.9%	87.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.6%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette	Pettisville
1-unit, detached	62.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	24.3%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayette	Pettisville
Poverty rate	24.2%	1.4%
Average household size	2.10	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1964	1938