Fairless Hills vs Perkasie

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

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

Perkasie has the higher population (9,176 vs 8,985 in Fairless Hills). Perkasie has the higher median household income ($99,474 vs $80,625 in Fairless Hills). Perkasie has the higher median home value ($338,700 vs $328,000 in Fairless Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
Population	8,985	9,176
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$99,474
Median home value	$328,000	$338,700
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,164
Housing units	3,460	3,681
Homeownership rate	70.4%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
Population	8,379 → 8,985 (+7.2%)	8,550 → 9,176 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$71,214 → $80,625 (+13.2%)	$77,420 → $99,474 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $328,000 (+38.1%)	$268,100 → $338,700 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,240 (+12.0%)	$1,066 → $1,164 (+9.2%)

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

Perkasie

Population

8,5509,176

Median household income

$77,420$99,474

Median home value

$268,100$338,700

Median gross rent

$1,066$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
Under 5	3.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	12.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.8%
75 and over	6.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	42.5%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
Drove alone	76.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.9%	12.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
1-unit, detached	66.4%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	30.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	6.5%
20 or more units	11.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairless Hills	Perkasie
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1959	1972