Fairview vs Union City

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

Fairview and Union 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 2,911 in Union City). Fairview has the higher median household income ($84,191 vs $42,754 in Union City). Fairview has the higher median home value ($209,500 vs $101,000 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Union City
Population	3,014	2,911
Median age	38.6 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$84,191	$42,754
Median home value	$209,500	$101,000
Median gross rent	$1,159	$733
Housing units	1,140	1,505
Homeownership rate	85.6%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	12.3%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Union City
Population	3,099 → 3,014 (-2.7%)	3,189 → 2,911 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$82,368 → $84,191 (+2.2%)	$48,026 → $42,754 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $209,500 (+22.0%)	$84,200 → $101,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $1,159 (+41.7%)	$585 → $733 (+25.3%)

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

Union City

Population

3,1892,911

Median household income

$48,026$42,754

Median home value

$84,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$585$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Union City
Under 5	4.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	19.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	23.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	3.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.3%
75 and over	10.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	90.7%
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%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Union City
No high school diploma	2.7%	11.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	66.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Union City
Drove alone	76.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Union City
1-unit, detached	85.4%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Union City
Poverty rate	7.6%	21.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1969	1938