Bear Rocks vs Fairhope

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

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

Bear Rocks has the higher population (1,239 vs 1,113 in Fairhope). Bear Rocks has the higher median household income ($66,688 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Bear Rocks has the higher median home value ($220,300 vs $115,600 in Fairhope).

Population, income & housing

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
Population	1,239	1,113
Median age	57.0 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,688	$36,917
Median home value	$220,300	$115,600
Median gross rent	—	$883
Housing units	670	651
Homeownership rate	91.7%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
Population	794 → 1,239 (+56.0%)	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$90,926 → $66,688 (-26.7%)	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $220,300 (+23.0%)	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)

Bear Rocks

Population

7941,239

Median household income

$90,926$66,688

Median home value

$179,100$220,300

Fairhope

Population

1,0331,113

Median household income

$69,158$36,917

Median home value

$88,000$115,600

Median gross rent

$780$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
Under 5	0.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	2.7%	9.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.9%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	18.4%
55 to 64	31.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	19.5%	20.0%
75 and over	3.6%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	87.6%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
No high school diploma	6.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	62.5%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
Drove alone	78.7%	71.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	11.4%
Other means	2.2%	13.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
1-unit, detached	90.0%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bear Rocks	Fairhope
Poverty rate	5.4%	13.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1978	1960