Bendersville vs Fairfield

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

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

Bendersville has the higher population (667 vs 638 in Fairfield). Bendersville has the higher median household income ($80,461 vs $59,063 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $180,100 in Bendersville).

Population, income & housing

	Bendersville	Fairfield
Population	667	638
Median age	43.2 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,461	$59,063
Median home value	$180,100	$219,000
Median gross rent	$1,165	$1,111
Housing units	257	283
Homeownership rate	77.0%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendersville	Fairfield
Population	668 → 667 (-0.1%)	579 → 638 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$76,667 → $80,461 (+4.9%)	$53,500 → $59,063 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$174,600 → $180,100 (+3.2%)	$181,500 → $219,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$939 → $1,165 (+24.1%)	$941 → $1,111 (+18.1%)

Bendersville

Population

668667

Median household income

$76,667$80,461

Median home value

$174,600$180,100

Median gross rent

$939$1,165

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)

	Bendersville	Fairfield
Under 5	6.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.9%	4.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.9%
75 and over	12.3%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendersville	Fairfield
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	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	32.7%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendersville	Fairfield
No high school diploma	13.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	54.5%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendersville	Fairfield
Drove alone	83.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendersville	Fairfield
1-unit, detached	63.0%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	21.4%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Bendersville	Fairfield
Poverty rate	7.3%	24.6%
Average household size	2.60	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1962	1949