Fairdale vs Nemacolin

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

Fairdale and Nemacolin 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 1,107 in Nemacolin). Fairdale has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $17,774 in Nemacolin). Fairdale has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $92,600 in Nemacolin).

Population, income & housing

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
Population	1,980	1,107
Median age	50.9 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$17,774
Median home value	$134,900	$92,600
Median gross rent	$656	—
Housing units	859	616
Homeownership rate	81.6%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	1.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
Population	2,264 → 1,980 (-12.5%)	684 → 1,107 (+61.8%)
Median household income	$41,333 → $91,250 (+120.8%)	$34,441 → $17,774 (-48.4%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $134,900 (+14.0%)	$83,700 → $92,600 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$392 → $656 (+67.3%)	—

Fairdale

Population

2,2641,980

Median household income

$41,333$91,250

Median home value

$118,300$134,900

Median gross rent

$392$656

Nemacolin

Population

6841,107

Median household income

$34,441$17,774

Median home value

$83,700$92,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
Under 5	2.7%	9.8%
5 to 17	7.9%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	20.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	6.2%
65 to 74	16.8%	4.2%
75 and over	9.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
White (non-Hispanic)	99.9%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
No high school diploma	4.5%	19.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
Drove alone	94.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	0.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	27.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
1-unit, detached	82.1%	37.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	42.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairdale	Nemacolin
Poverty rate	9.7%	53.8%
Average household size	2.29	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1961	1938