Fairless Hills vs Richboro

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

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

Fairless Hills has the higher population (8,985 vs 7,033 in Richboro). Richboro has the higher median household income ($153,691 vs $80,625 in Fairless Hills). Richboro has the higher median home value ($519,100 vs $328,000 in Fairless Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
Population	8,985	7,033
Median age	39.7 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$153,691
Median home value	$328,000	$519,100
Median gross rent	$1,240	$1,991
Housing units	3,460	2,621
Homeownership rate	70.4%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	58.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
Population	8,379 → 8,985 (+7.2%)	6,378 → 7,033 (+10.3%)
Median household income	$71,214 → $80,625 (+13.2%)	$121,599 → $153,691 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $328,000 (+38.1%)	$427,000 → $519,100 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,240 (+12.0%)	$1,688 → $1,991 (+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

Richboro

Population

6,3787,033

Median household income

$121,599$153,691

Median home value

$427,000$519,100

Median gross rent

$1,688$1,991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
Under 5	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	20.7%
75 and over	6.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	81.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	8.6%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
Drove alone	76.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.0%
Public transit	1.5%	1.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	19.0%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
1-unit, detached	66.4%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairless Hills	Richboro
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1959	1976