Croydon vs Fairless Hills

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

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

Croydon has the higher population (9,704 vs 8,985 in Fairless Hills). Fairless Hills has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $59,883 in Croydon). Fairless Hills has the higher median home value ($328,000 vs $265,000 in Croydon).

Population, income & housing

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
Population	9,704	8,985
Median age	42.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,883	$80,625
Median home value	$265,000	$328,000
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,240
Housing units	3,933	3,460
Homeownership rate	67.9%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
Population	10,034 → 9,704 (-3.3%)	8,379 → 8,985 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$56,599 → $59,883 (+5.8%)	$71,214 → $80,625 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $265,000 (+34.9%)	$237,500 → $328,000 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,308 (+22.9%)	$1,107 → $1,240 (+12.0%)

Croydon

Population

10,0349,704

Median household income

$56,599$59,883

Median home value

$196,400$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,308

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)

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
Under 5	3.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.6%
75 and over	4.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
No high school diploma	8.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
Drove alone	78.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.6%
Public transit	1.5%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	11.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
1-unit, detached	74.3%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	9.5%
20 or more units	15.2%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Croydon	Fairless Hills
Poverty rate	14.7%	11.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1959	1959