Fairview vs Karns City

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Karns City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview and Karns City are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Karns City has the higher population (192 vs 158 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($80,781 vs $49,250 in Karns City). Karns City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $133,800 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Karns City
Population	158	192
Median age	41.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,781	$49,250
Median home value	$133,800	$138,500
Median gross rent	$1,225	$917
Housing units	75	97
Homeownership rate	80.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Karns City
Population	192 → 158 (-17.7%)	186 → 192 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $80,781 (+14.7%)	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $133,800 (+24.1%)	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,225 (+25.6%)	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)

Fairview

Population

192158

Median household income

$70,417$80,781

Median home value

$107,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,225

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Karns City
Under 5	1.9%	12.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	19.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	5.2%
75 and over	12.0%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Karns City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Karns City
No high school diploma	10.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	81.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Karns City
Drove alone	85.5%	71.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	14.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Karns City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Karns City
Poverty rate	2.5%	20.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1959	1946