Fayette City vs Star Junction

A side-by-side comparison of Fayette City and Star Junction: population, income, housing, and more.

Fayette City and Star Junction are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Star Junction has the higher population (425 vs 411 in Fayette City). Fayette City has the higher median household income ($52,955 vs $40,750 in Star Junction). Star Junction has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $75,200 in Fayette City).

Population, income & housing

	Fayette City	Star Junction
Population	411	425
Median age	45.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,955	$40,750
Median home value	$75,200	$137,000
Median gross rent	$749	$754
Housing units	257	255
Homeownership rate	62.5%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	4.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayette City	Star Junction
Population	502 → 411 (-18.1%)	274 → 425 (+55.1%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $52,955 (+38.9%)	$39,700 → $40,750 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$69,700 → $75,200 (+7.9%)	$81,500 → $137,000 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $749 (-1.8%)	$654 → $754 (+15.3%)

Fayette City

Population

502411

Median household income

$38,125$52,955

Median home value

$69,700$75,200

Median gross rent

$763$749

Star Junction

Population

274425

Median household income

$39,700$40,750

Median home value

$81,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$654$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayette City	Star Junction
Under 5	1.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	8.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	25.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	6.8%
45 to 54	18.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	3.6%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayette City	Star Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayette City	Star Junction
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	59.8%	77.5%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayette City	Star Junction
Drove alone	88.6%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	20.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayette City	Star Junction
1-unit, detached	68.9%	60.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	24.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	9.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Fayette City	Star Junction
Poverty rate	25.2%	4.9%
Average household size	1.90	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1938	1942