Fairview vs North East

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

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

North East has the higher population (4,069 vs 3,014 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($84,191 vs $67,469 in North East). Fairview has the higher median home value ($209,500 vs $151,000 in North East).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	North East
Population	3,014	4,069
Median age	38.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$84,191	$67,469
Median home value	$209,500	$151,000
Median gross rent	$1,159	$731
Housing units	1,140	1,914
Homeownership rate	85.6%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	North East
Population	3,099 → 3,014 (-2.7%)	4,108 → 4,069 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$82,368 → $84,191 (+2.2%)	$50,014 → $67,469 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $209,500 (+22.0%)	$127,600 → $151,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,159 (+41.7%)	$667 → $731 (+9.6%)

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

North East

Population

4,1084,069

Median household income

$50,014$67,469

Median home value

$127,600$151,000

Median gross rent

$667$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	North East
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	23.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	3.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.2%
75 and over	10.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	North East
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	4.7%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	North East
No high school diploma	2.7%	12.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	North East
Drove alone	76.2%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	16.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	North East
1-unit, detached	85.4%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	31.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.2%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	North East
Poverty rate	7.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1969	1946