Belle Vernon vs Fairhope

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Vernon and Fairhope: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairhope has the higher population (1,113 vs 909 in Belle Vernon). Belle Vernon has the higher median household income ($38,992 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Belle Vernon has the higher median home value ($135,800 vs $115,600 in Fairhope).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
Population	909	1,113
Median age	45.0 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,992	$36,917
Median home value	$135,800	$115,600
Median gross rent	$715	$883
Housing units	650	651
Homeownership rate	35.3%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
Population	916 → 909 (-0.8%)	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$28,500 → $38,992 (+36.8%)	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $135,800 (+57.7%)	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$578 → $715 (+23.7%)	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)

Belle Vernon

Population

916909

Median household income

$28,500$38,992

Median home value

$86,100$135,800

Median gross rent

$578$715

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)

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
Under 5	6.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.5%
45 to 54	5.3%	18.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	16.3%	20.0%
75 and over	14.7%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	87.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	54.9%	62.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
Drove alone	90.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	11.4%
Other means	0.7%	13.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
1-unit, detached	43.2%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Belle Vernon	Fairhope
Poverty rate	21.0%	13.9%
Average household size	1.70	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1956	1960