Fallston vs South Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Fallston and South Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Heights has the higher population (351 vs 252 in Fallston). South Heights has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $60,833 in Fallston). South Heights has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $107,400 in Fallston).

Population, income & housing

	Fallston	South Heights
Population	252	351
Median age	44.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,833	$62,500
Median home value	$107,400	$125,000
Median gross rent	$900	$1,050
Housing units	128	213
Homeownership rate	81.9%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallston	South Heights
Population	227 → 252 (+11.0%)	344 → 351 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$51,071 → $60,833 (+19.1%)	$64,219 → $62,500 (-2.7%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $107,400 (+33.1%)	$95,400 → $125,000 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $900 (+22.0%)	$629 → $1,050 (+66.9%)

Fallston

Population

227252

Median household income

$51,071$60,833

Median home value

$80,700$107,400

Median gross rent

$738$900

South Heights

Population

344351

Median household income

$64,219$62,500

Median home value

$95,400$125,000

Median gross rent

$629$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallston	South Heights
Under 5	2.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	6.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	19.4%	19.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	3.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	23.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.4%
75 and over	9.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallston	South Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallston	South Heights
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallston	South Heights
Drove alone	78.2%	78.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallston	South Heights
1-unit, detached	75.0%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Fallston	South Heights
Poverty rate	14.7%	12.8%
Average household size	2.17	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1952	1946