Dunbar vs Fairhope

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

Dunbar 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 981 in Dunbar). Dunbar has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Fairhope has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $72,100 in Dunbar).

Population, income & housing

	Dunbar	Fairhope
Population	981	1,113
Median age	39.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$36,917
Median home value	$72,100	$115,600
Median gross rent	$744	$883
Housing units	563	651
Homeownership rate	82.8%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunbar	Fairhope
Population	1,075 → 981 (-8.7%)	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $50,000 (-8.4%)	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $72,100 (+3.4%)	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $744 (+4.3%)	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)

Dunbar

Population

1,075981

Median household income

$54,583$50,000

Median home value

$69,700$72,100

Median gross rent

$713$744

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)

	Dunbar	Fairhope
Under 5	7.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	18.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	18.4%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	20.0%
75 and over	6.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunbar	Fairhope
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunbar	Fairhope
No high school diploma	8.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	57.9%	62.5%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunbar	Fairhope
Drove alone	80.8%	71.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	11.4%
Other means	0.6%	13.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunbar	Fairhope
1-unit, detached	72.6%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Dunbar	Fairhope
Poverty rate	16.9%	13.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	28	17
Median year structure built	1950	1960