Fairview vs Petrolia

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

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

Petrolia has the higher population (163 vs 158 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($80,781 vs $50,000 in Petrolia). Fairview has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $93,300 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Petrolia
Population	158	163
Median age	41.8 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,781	$50,000
Median home value	$133,800	$93,300
Median gross rent	$1,225	$956
Housing units	75	104
Homeownership rate	80.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Petrolia
Population	192 → 158 (-17.7%)	152 → 163 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $80,781 (+14.7%)	$43,036 → $50,000 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $133,800 (+24.1%)	$61,000 → $93,300 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,225 (+25.6%)	$750 → $956 (+27.5%)

Fairview

Population

192158

Median household income

$70,417$80,781

Median home value

$107,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,225

Petrolia

Population

152163

Median household income

$43,036$50,000

Median home value

$61,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$750$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Petrolia
Under 5	1.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	10.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	2.5%
35 to 44	19.6%	21.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	21.5%
75 and over	12.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	99.4%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Petrolia
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Petrolia
Drove alone	85.5%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Petrolia
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.3%
Average household size	2.26	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1959	1953