Fairhope vs Farmington

A side-by-side comparison of Fairhope and Farmington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairhope has the higher population (1,113 vs 969 in Farmington). Farmington has the higher median household income ($78,945 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Farmington has the higher median home value ($199,500 vs $115,600 in Fairhope).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhope	Farmington
Population	1,113	969
Median age	51.9 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,917	$78,945
Median home value	$115,600	$199,500
Median gross rent	$883	—
Housing units	651	189
Homeownership rate	76.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhope	Farmington
Population	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)	964 → 969 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)	$66,063 → $78,945 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)	$178,600 → $199,500 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)	—

Fairhope

Population

1,0331,113

Median household income

$69,158$36,917

Median home value

$88,000$115,600

Median gross rent

$780$883

Farmington

Population

964969

Median household income

$66,063$78,945

Median home value

$178,600$199,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhope	Farmington
Under 5	3.2%	11.1%
5 to 17	9.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	19.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	18.4%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.3%
65 to 74	20.0%	7.8%
75 and over	15.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhope	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhope	Farmington
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	62.5%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhope	Farmington
Drove alone	71.2%	57.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	34.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.6%
Other means	13.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhope	Farmington
1-unit, detached	81.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	20.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	31.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairhope	Farmington
Poverty rate	13.9%	72.2%
Average household size	2.06	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1960	1955