Bristol vs Fairless Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Fairless Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol has the higher population (9,874 vs 8,985 in Fairless Hills). Fairless Hills has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $70,595 in Bristol). Fairless Hills has the higher median home value ($328,000 vs $236,400 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
Population	9,874	8,985
Median age	39.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,595	$80,625
Median home value	$236,400	$328,000
Median gross rent	$1,281	$1,240
Housing units	4,279	3,460
Homeownership rate	61.3%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
Population	9,605 → 9,874 (+2.8%)	8,379 → 8,985 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$59,005 → $70,595 (+19.6%)	$71,214 → $80,625 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $236,400 (+35.3%)	$237,500 → $328,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $1,281 (+24.6%)	$1,107 → $1,240 (+12.0%)

Bristol

Population

9,6059,874

Median household income

$59,005$70,595

Median home value

$174,700$236,400

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,281

Fairless Hills

Population

8,3798,985

Median household income

$71,214$80,625

Median home value

$237,500$328,000

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
Under 5	6.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.6%
75 and over	8.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
Drove alone	69.9%	76.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.6%
Public transit	3.9%	1.5%
Walked	3.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	11.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
1-unit, detached	20.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	48.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Fairless Hills
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	1938	1959