Bear Rocks vs Fairchance

A side-by-side comparison of Bear Rocks and Fairchance: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairchance has the higher population (1,429 vs 1,239 in Bear Rocks). Bear Rocks has the higher median household income ($66,688 vs $38,427 in Fairchance). Bear Rocks has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $159,000 in Fairchance).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
Population	1,239	1,429
Median age	57.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,688	$38,427
Median home value	$220,300	$159,000
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	670	850
Homeownership rate	91.7%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
Population	794 → 1,239 (+56.0%)	2,230 → 1,429 (-35.9%)
Median household income	$90,926 → $66,688 (-26.7%)	$40,461 → $38,427 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $220,300 (+23.0%)	$95,300 → $159,000 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$743 → $707 (-4.8%)

Bear Rocks

Population

7941,239

Median household income

$90,926$66,688

Median home value

$179,100$220,300

Fairchance

Population

2,2301,429

Median household income

$40,461$38,427

Median home value

$95,300$159,000

Median gross rent

$743$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
Under 5	0.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	2.7%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.7%
55 to 64	31.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	19.5%	13.2%
75 and over	3.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
Drove alone	78.7%	88.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	1.6%
Other means	2.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
1-unit, detached	90.0%	58.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Bear Rocks	Fairchance
Poverty rate	5.4%	28.7%
Average household size	2.04	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1978	1972