Fairchance vs South Connellsville

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

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

South Connellsville has the higher population (1,848 vs 1,429 in Fairchance). South Connellsville has the higher median household income ($49,821 vs $38,427 in Fairchance). Fairchance has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $98,000 in South Connellsville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
Population	1,429	1,848
Median age	49.2 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,427	$49,821
Median home value	$159,000	$98,000
Median gross rent	$707	$823
Housing units	850	866
Homeownership rate	55.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
Population	2,230 → 1,429 (-35.9%)	1,961 → 1,848 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$40,461 → $38,427 (-5.0%)	$45,114 → $49,821 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $159,000 (+66.8%)	$70,200 → $98,000 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $707 (-4.8%)	$701 → $823 (+17.4%)

Fairchance

Population

2,2301,429

Median household income

$40,461$38,427

Median home value

$95,300$159,000

Median gross rent

$743$707

South Connellsville

Population

1,9611,848

Median household income

$45,114$49,821

Median home value

$70,200$98,000

Median gross rent

$701$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
Under 5	3.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	13.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.6%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	13.0%
75 and over	8.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.8%
High school graduate	47.1%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
Drove alone	88.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	14.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
1-unit, detached	58.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairchance	South Connellsville
Poverty rate	28.7%	21.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1972	1955