Deer Lake vs Fayette City

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Lake and Fayette City: population, income, housing, and more.

Deer Lake and Fayette City are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deer Lake has the higher population (438 vs 411 in Fayette City). Deer Lake has the higher median household income ($130,208 vs $52,955 in Fayette City). Deer Lake has the higher median home value ($240,600 vs $75,200 in Fayette City).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
Population	438	411
Median age	61.1 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$130,208	$52,955
Median home value	$240,600	$75,200
Median gross rent	—	$749
Housing units	316	257
Homeownership rate	95.1%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
Population	388 → 438 (+12.9%)	502 → 411 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$76,375 → $130,208 (+70.5%)	$38,125 → $52,955 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$323,300 → $240,600 (-25.6%)	$69,700 → $75,200 (+7.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $749 (-1.8%)

Deer Lake

Population

388438

Median household income

$76,375$130,208

Median home value

$323,300$240,600

Fayette City

Population

502411

Median household income

$38,125$52,955

Median home value

$69,700$75,200

Median gross rent

$763$749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	21.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	18.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.2%
65 to 74	20.8%	10.2%
75 and over	10.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	3.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	29.8%	59.8%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
Drove alone	86.1%	88.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Lake	Fayette City
Poverty rate	7.5%	25.2%
Average household size	2.15	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1972	1938