Fairchance vs Hopwood

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

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

Hopwood has the higher population (1,628 vs 1,429 in Fairchance). Hopwood has the higher median household income ($45,608 vs $38,427 in Fairchance). Hopwood has the higher median home value ($184,400 vs $159,000 in Fairchance).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchance	Hopwood
Population	1,429	1,628
Median age	49.2 yrs	57.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,427	$45,608
Median home value	$159,000	$184,400
Median gross rent	$707	$886
Housing units	850	930
Homeownership rate	55.6%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchance	Hopwood
Population	2,230 → 1,429 (-35.9%)	2,043 → 1,628 (-20.3%)
Median household income	$40,461 → $38,427 (-5.0%)	$58,594 → $45,608 (-22.2%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $159,000 (+66.8%)	$158,600 → $184,400 (+16.3%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $707 (-4.8%)	$702 → $886 (+26.2%)

Fairchance

Population

2,2301,429

Median household income

$40,461$38,427

Median home value

$95,300$159,000

Median gross rent

$743$707

Hopwood

Population

2,0431,628

Median household income

$58,594$45,608

Median home value

$158,600$184,400

Median gross rent

$702$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchance	Hopwood
Under 5	3.1%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	18.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.0%
75 and over	8.7%	21.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchance	Hopwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchance	Hopwood
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	47.1%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchance	Hopwood
Drove alone	88.1%	87.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchance	Hopwood
1-unit, detached	58.8%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairchance	Hopwood
Poverty rate	28.7%	15.7%
Average household size	1.92	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1972	1959