Fairview vs Lake City

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

Fairview and Lake City 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 2,901 in Lake City). Fairview has the higher median household income ($84,191 vs $74,909 in Lake City). Fairview has the higher median home value ($209,500 vs $154,400 in Lake City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Lake City
Population	3,014	2,901
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,191	$74,909
Median home value	$209,500	$154,400
Median gross rent	$1,159	$789
Housing units	1,140	1,209
Homeownership rate	85.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Lake City
Population	3,099 → 3,014 (-2.7%)	2,899 → 2,901 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$82,368 → $84,191 (+2.2%)	$53,257 → $74,909 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $209,500 (+22.0%)	$120,200 → $154,400 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,159 (+41.7%)	$823 → $789 (-4.1%)

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

Lake City

Population

2,8992,901

Median household income

$53,257$74,909

Median home value

$120,200$154,400

Median gross rent

$823$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Lake City
Under 5	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	19.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	23.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	3.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	7.9%
75 and over	10.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Lake City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Lake City
No high school diploma	2.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Lake City
Drove alone	76.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Lake City
1-unit, detached	85.4%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Lake City
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1969	1973