Abbottstown vs Fairfield

A side-by-side comparison of Abbottstown and Fairfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Abbottstown and Fairfield are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Abbottstown has the higher population (804 vs 638 in Fairfield). Abbottstown has the higher median household income ($72,266 vs $59,063 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $196,500 in Abbottstown).

Population, income & housing

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
Population	804	638
Median age	41.9 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,266	$59,063
Median home value	$196,500	$219,000
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,111
Housing units	322	283
Homeownership rate	74.4%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	579 → 638 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $72,266 (+18.8%)	$53,500 → $59,063 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $196,500 (+34.1%)	$181,500 → $219,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,069 (+4.3%)	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)

Abbottstown

Population

874804

Median household income

$60,833$72,266

Median home value

$146,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,069

Fairfield

Population

579638

Median household income

$53,500$59,063

Median home value

$181,500$219,000

Median gross rent

$941$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
Under 5	7.8%	1.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	4.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	14.9%
75 and over	3.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	49.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
Drove alone	82.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	6.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	66.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Abbottstown	Fairfield
Poverty rate	8.5%	24.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1972	1949