Fairchance vs Perryopolis

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

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

Perryopolis has the higher population (1,483 vs 1,429 in Fairchance). Perryopolis has the higher median household income ($56,607 vs $38,427 in Fairchance). Perryopolis has the higher median home value ($176,300 vs $159,000 in Fairchance).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
Population	1,429	1,483
Median age	49.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,427	$56,607
Median home value	$159,000	$176,300
Median gross rent	$707	$724
Housing units	850	809
Homeownership rate	55.6%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
Population	2,230 → 1,429 (-35.9%)	1,790 → 1,483 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$40,461 → $38,427 (-5.0%)	$60,234 → $56,607 (-6.0%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $159,000 (+66.8%)	$149,600 → $176,300 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $707 (-4.8%)	$634 → $724 (+14.2%)

Fairchance

Population

2,2301,429

Median household income

$40,461$38,427

Median home value

$95,300$159,000

Median gross rent

$743$707

Perryopolis

Population

1,7901,483

Median household income

$60,234$56,607

Median home value

$149,600$176,300

Median gross rent

$634$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
Under 5	3.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	18.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.0%
75 and over	8.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
Drove alone	88.1%	68.5%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.8%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	19.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
1-unit, detached	58.8%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairchance	Perryopolis
Poverty rate	28.7%	15.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1972	1958