Fayetteville vs Mercersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Fayetteville and Mercersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fayetteville has the higher population (2,431 vs 1,940 in Mercersburg). Mercersburg has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $52,165 in Fayetteville). Mercersburg has the higher median home value ($210,400 vs $171,800 in Fayetteville).

Population, income & housing

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
Population	2,431	1,940
Median age	49.4 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,165	$69,583
Median home value	$171,800	$210,400
Median gross rent	$961	$784
Housing units	1,315	879
Homeownership rate	76.3%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
Population	3,047 → 2,431 (-20.2%)	1,633 → 1,940 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$52,198 → $52,165 (-0.1%)	$51,597 → $69,583 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$151,600 → $171,800 (+13.3%)	$175,300 → $210,400 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $961 (+8.7%)	$783 → $784 (+0.1%)

Fayetteville

Population

3,0472,431

Median household income

$52,198$52,165

Median home value

$151,600$171,800

Median gross rent

$884$961

Mercersburg

Population

1,6331,940

Median household income

$51,597$69,583

Median home value

$175,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$783$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
Under 5	8.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.0%
75 and over	13.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	49.7%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
Drove alone	92.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
1-unit, detached	88.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fayetteville	Mercersburg
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1960	1948