Fairchance vs Hiller

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

Fairchance and Hiller 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 1,340 in Hiller). Hiller has the higher median household income ($90,898 vs $38,427 in Fairchance). Fairchance has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $128,900 in Hiller).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchance	Hiller
Population	1,429	1,340
Median age	49.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,427	$90,898
Median home value	$159,000	$128,900
Median gross rent	$707	—
Housing units	850	532
Homeownership rate	55.6%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchance	Hiller
Population	2,230 → 1,429 (-35.9%)	953 → 1,340 (+40.6%)
Median household income	$40,461 → $38,427 (-5.0%)	$66,471 → $90,898 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $159,000 (+66.8%)	$87,100 → $128,900 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $707 (-4.8%)	—

Fairchance

Population

2,2301,429

Median household income

$40,461$38,427

Median home value

$95,300$159,000

Median gross rent

$743$707

Hiller

Population

9531,340

Median household income

$66,471$90,898

Median home value

$87,100$128,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchance	Hiller
Under 5	3.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	23.7%
45 to 54	18.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	7.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	16.0%
75 and over	8.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchance	Hiller
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	10.0%
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	3.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchance	Hiller
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchance	Hiller
Drove alone	88.1%	98.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchance	Hiller
1-unit, detached	58.8%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairchance	Hiller
Poverty rate	28.7%	15.5%
Average household size	1.92	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1972	1954