Fairhope vs Point Marion

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

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

Point Marion has the higher population (1,151 vs 1,113 in Fairhope). Point Marion has the higher median household income ($50,781 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Fairhope has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $94,700 in Point Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhope	Point Marion
Population	1,113	1,151
Median age	51.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,917	$50,781
Median home value	$115,600	$94,700
Median gross rent	$883	$925
Housing units	651	498
Homeownership rate	76.3%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhope	Point Marion
Population	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)	1,280 → 1,151 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)	$53,313 → $50,781 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)	$70,800 → $94,700 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)	$850 → $925 (+8.8%)

Fairhope

Population

1,0331,113

Median household income

$69,158$36,917

Median home value

$88,000$115,600

Median gross rent

$780$883

Point Marion

Population

1,2801,151

Median household income

$53,313$50,781

Median home value

$70,800$94,700

Median gross rent

$850$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhope	Point Marion
Under 5	3.2%	7.6%
5 to 17	9.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	20.0%	8.4%
75 and over	15.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhope	Point Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhope	Point Marion
No high school diploma	10.3%	17.4%
High school graduate	62.5%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhope	Point Marion
Drove alone	71.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.6%
Other means	13.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhope	Point Marion
1-unit, detached	81.1%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairhope	Point Marion
Poverty rate	13.9%	28.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	17	28
Median year structure built	1960	1938