Fairhope vs Republic

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

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

Republic has the higher population (1,171 vs 1,113 in Fairhope). Republic has the higher median household income ($50,978 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Fairhope has the higher median home value ($115,600 vs $103,800 in Republic).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhope	Republic
Population	1,113	1,171
Median age	51.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,917	$50,978
Median home value	$115,600	$103,800
Median gross rent	$883	$904
Housing units	651	587
Homeownership rate	76.3%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	19.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhope	Republic
Population	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)	1,152 → 1,171 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)	$36,500 → $50,978 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)	$63,200 → $103,800 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)	$662 → $904 (+36.6%)

Fairhope

Population

1,0331,113

Median household income

$69,158$36,917

Median home value

$88,000$115,600

Median gross rent

$780$883

Republic

Population

1,1521,171

Median household income

$36,500$50,978

Median home value

$63,200$103,800

Median gross rent

$662$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhope	Republic
Under 5	3.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	16.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	20.0%	17.0%
75 and over	15.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhope	Republic
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhope	Republic
No high school diploma	10.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	62.5%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhope	Republic
Drove alone	71.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	0.0%
Other means	13.3%	16.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhope	Republic
1-unit, detached	81.1%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairhope	Republic
Poverty rate	13.9%	18.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1938