Fairchance vs South Uniontown

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

Fairchance and South Uniontown 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 1,201 in South Uniontown). South Uniontown has the higher median household income ($73,807 vs $38,427 in Fairchance). Fairchance has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $146,100 in South Uniontown).

Population, income & housing

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
Population	1,429	1,201
Median age	49.2 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,427	$73,807
Median home value	$159,000	$146,100
Median gross rent	$707	$874
Housing units	850	635
Homeownership rate	55.6%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
Population	2,230 → 1,429 (-35.9%)	1,326 → 1,201 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$40,461 → $38,427 (-5.0%)	$44,944 → $73,807 (+64.2%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $159,000 (+66.8%)	$108,200 → $146,100 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $707 (-4.8%)	$1,074 → $874 (-18.6%)

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 Uniontown

Population

1,3261,201

Median household income

$44,944$73,807

Median home value

$108,200$146,100

Median gross rent

$1,074$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
Under 5	3.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	7.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	18.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	28.9%
75 and over	8.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	3.6%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
No high school diploma	9.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	47.1%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
Drove alone	88.1%	82.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	14.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
1-unit, detached	58.8%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.5%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairchance	South Uniontown
Poverty rate	28.7%	6.4%
Average household size	1.92	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1972	1951