Fairhope vs Smithfield

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

Fairhope and Smithfield 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 1,086 in Smithfield). Smithfield has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $36,917 in Fairhope). Smithfield has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $115,600 in Fairhope).

Population, income & housing

	Fairhope	Smithfield
Population	1,113	1,086
Median age	51.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,917	$76,250
Median home value	$115,600	$169,600
Median gross rent	$883	$893
Housing units	651	475
Homeownership rate	76.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairhope	Smithfield
Population	1,033 → 1,113 (+7.7%)	810 → 1,086 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$69,158 → $36,917 (-46.6%)	$39,286 → $76,250 (+94.1%)
Median home value	$88,000 → $115,600 (+31.4%)	$102,800 → $169,600 (+65.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $883 (+13.2%)	$710 → $893 (+25.8%)

Fairhope

Population

1,0331,113

Median household income

$69,158$36,917

Median home value

$88,000$115,600

Median gross rent

$780$883

Smithfield

Population

8101,086

Median household income

$39,286$76,250

Median home value

$102,800$169,600

Median gross rent

$710$893

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairhope	Smithfield
Under 5	3.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	7.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	18.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	20.0%	9.0%
75 and over	15.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairhope	Smithfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairhope	Smithfield
No high school diploma	10.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	62.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairhope	Smithfield
Drove alone	71.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.2%
Other means	13.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairhope	Smithfield
1-unit, detached	81.1%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	11.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairhope	Smithfield
Poverty rate	13.9%	9.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	17	34
Median year structure built	1960	1951