Fairview vs Girard

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (3,014 vs 2,979 in Girard). Fairview has the higher median household income ($84,191 vs $72,481 in Girard). Fairview has the higher median home value ($209,500 vs $168,100 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Girard
Population	3,014	2,979
Median age	38.6 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,191	$72,481
Median home value	$209,500	$168,100
Median gross rent	$1,159	$640
Housing units	1,140	1,572
Homeownership rate	85.6%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Girard
Population	3,099 → 3,014 (-2.7%)	2,975 → 2,979 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$82,368 → $84,191 (+2.2%)	$49,875 → $72,481 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $209,500 (+22.0%)	$129,800 → $168,100 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,159 (+41.7%)	$587 → $640 (+9.0%)

Fairview

Population

3,0993,014

Median household income

$82,368$84,191

Median home value

$171,700$209,500

Median gross rent

$818$1,159

Girard

Population

2,9752,979

Median household income

$49,875$72,481

Median home value

$129,800$168,100

Median gross rent

$587$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Girard
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	23.8%	9.7%
45 to 54	3.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	27.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.3%
75 and over	10.5%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Girard
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Girard
Drove alone	76.2%	86.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Girard
1-unit, detached	85.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	1.1%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Girard
Poverty rate	7.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.51	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1969	1954