Bobtown vs Fairdale

A side-by-side comparison of Bobtown and Fairdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairdale has the higher population (1,980 vs 1,117 in Bobtown). Fairdale has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $49,125 in Bobtown). Fairdale has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $55,700 in Bobtown).

Population, income & housing

	Bobtown	Fairdale
Population	1,117	1,980
Median age	29.4 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$91,250
Median home value	$55,700	$134,900
Median gross rent	$1,103	$656
Housing units	392	859
Homeownership rate	83.1%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bobtown	Fairdale
Population	481 → 1,117 (+132.2%)	2,264 → 1,980 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$48,036 → $49,125 (+2.3%)	$41,333 → $91,250 (+120.8%)
Median home value	$54,800 → $55,700 (+1.6%)	$118,300 → $134,900 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,103 (+38.7%)	$392 → $656 (+67.3%)

Bobtown

Population

4811,117

Median household income

$48,036$49,125

Median home value

$54,800$55,700

Median gross rent

$795$1,103

Fairdale

Population

2,2641,980

Median household income

$41,333$91,250

Median home value

$118,300$134,900

Median gross rent

$392$656

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bobtown	Fairdale
Under 5	8.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	26.4%	7.9%
18 to 24	13.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	6.7%	20.3%
65 to 74	5.5%	16.8%
75 and over	4.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bobtown	Fairdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	99.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bobtown	Fairdale
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	54.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bobtown	Fairdale
Drove alone	81.8%	94.1%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bobtown	Fairdale
1-unit, detached	87.5%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Bobtown	Fairdale
Poverty rate	23.1%	9.7%
Average household size	3.19	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1938	1961