Fairview vs West Sunbury

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

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

West Sunbury has the higher population (204 vs 158 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($80,781 vs $45,865 in West Sunbury). West Sunbury has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $133,800 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	West Sunbury
Population	158	204
Median age	41.8 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,781	$45,865
Median home value	$133,800	$144,600
Median gross rent	$1,225	$945
Housing units	75	91
Homeownership rate	80.0%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	West Sunbury
Population	192 → 158 (-17.7%)	186 → 204 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$70,417 → $80,781 (+14.7%)	$46,250 → $45,865 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $133,800 (+24.1%)	$122,900 → $144,600 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,225 (+25.6%)	$850 → $945 (+11.2%)

Fairview

Population

192158

Median household income

$70,417$80,781

Median home value

$107,800$133,800

Median gross rent

$975$1,225

West Sunbury

Population

186204

Median household income

$46,250$45,865

Median home value

$122,900$144,600

Median gross rent

$850$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	West Sunbury
Under 5	1.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	26.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	19.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	5.4%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.9%
75 and over	12.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	West Sunbury
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	97.1%
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%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	West Sunbury
No high school diploma	10.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	West Sunbury
Drove alone	85.5%	56.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	West Sunbury
1-unit, detached	100.0%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	West Sunbury
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1959	1938