Fairless Hills vs Quakertown

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

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

Quakertown has the higher population (9,298 vs 8,985 in Fairless Hills). Fairless Hills has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $70,978 in Quakertown). Fairless Hills has the higher median home value ($328,000 vs $253,200 in Quakertown).

Population, income & housing

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
Population	8,985	9,298
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$70,978
Median home value	$328,000	$253,200
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,253
Housing units	3,460	3,660
Homeownership rate	70.4%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
Population	8,379 → 8,985 (+7.2%)	8,827 → 9,298 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$71,214 → $80,625 (+13.2%)	$62,298 → $70,978 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $328,000 (+38.1%)	$191,800 → $253,200 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,240 (+12.0%)	$1,062 → $1,253 (+18.0%)

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

Quakertown

Population

8,8279,298

Median household income

$62,298$70,978

Median home value

$191,800$253,200

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
Under 5	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.2%
75 and over	6.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	77.1%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
Drove alone	76.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	5.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
1-unit, detached	66.4%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	33.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairless Hills	Quakertown
Poverty rate	11.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1959	1965