Dry Tavern vs Fairdale

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

Dry Tavern 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 661 in Dry Tavern). Fairdale has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $79,625 in Dry Tavern). Dry Tavern has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $134,900 in Fairdale).

Population, income & housing

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
Population	661	1,980
Median age	47.8 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$79,625	$91,250
Median home value	$196,300	$134,900
Median gross rent	—	$656
Housing units	320	859
Homeownership rate	91.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
Population	612 → 661 (+8.0%)	2,264 → 1,980 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $79,625 (+9.8%)	$41,333 → $91,250 (+120.8%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $196,300 (+27.8%)	$118,300 → $134,900 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $919 (+18.6%)	$392 → $656 (+67.3%)

Dry Tavern

Population

612661

Median household income

$72,500$79,625

Median home value

$153,600$196,300

Median gross rent

$775$919

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)

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
Under 5	0.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	7.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	20.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	16.8%
75 and over	14.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	51.3%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
Drove alone	91.4%	94.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
1-unit, detached	86.9%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Dry Tavern	Fairdale
Poverty rate	4.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1970	1961