Fairdale vs Morrisville

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

Fairdale and Morrisville 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 874 in Morrisville). Fairdale has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $60,038 in Morrisville). Morrisville has the higher median home value ($152,400 vs $134,900 in Fairdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fairdale	Morrisville
Population	1,980	874
Median age	50.9 yrs	51.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$60,038
Median home value	$134,900	$152,400
Median gross rent	$656	$733
Housing units	859	535
Homeownership rate	81.6%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairdale	Morrisville
Population	2,264 → 1,980 (-12.5%)	1,179 → 874 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$41,333 → $91,250 (+120.8%)	$46,563 → $60,038 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $134,900 (+14.0%)	$154,000 → $152,400 (-1.0%)
Median gross rent	$392 → $656 (+67.3%)	$706 → $733 (+3.8%)

Fairdale

Population

2,2641,980

Median household income

$41,333$91,250

Median home value

$118,300$134,900

Median gross rent

$392$656

Morrisville

Population

1,179874

Median household income

$46,563$60,038

Median home value

$154,000$152,400

Median gross rent

$706$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairdale	Morrisville
Under 5	2.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	7.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	3.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	18.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	8.5%
75 and over	9.8%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairdale	Morrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.9%	68.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.6%
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%	27.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairdale	Morrisville
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	38.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairdale	Morrisville
Drove alone	94.1%	69.4%
Carpooled	0.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	23.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairdale	Morrisville
1-unit, detached	82.1%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	14.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairdale	Morrisville
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.0%
Average household size	2.29	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	10
Median year structure built	1961	1958