Fairdale vs Waynesburg

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

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

Waynesburg has the higher population (3,868 vs 1,980 in Fairdale). Fairdale has the higher median household income ($91,250 vs $49,648 in Waynesburg). Waynesburg has the higher median home value ($148,900 vs $134,900 in Fairdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
Population	1,980	3,868
Median age	50.9 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,250	$49,648
Median home value	$134,900	$148,900
Median gross rent	$656	$760
Housing units	859	1,562
Homeownership rate	81.6%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
Population	2,264 → 1,980 (-12.5%)	4,021 → 3,868 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$41,333 → $91,250 (+120.8%)	$39,100 → $49,648 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$118,300 → $134,900 (+14.0%)	$106,000 → $148,900 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$392 → $656 (+67.3%)	$672 → $760 (+13.1%)

Fairdale

Population

2,2641,980

Median household income

$41,333$91,250

Median home value

$118,300$134,900

Median gross rent

$392$656

Waynesburg

Population

4,0213,868

Median household income

$39,100$49,648

Median home value

$106,000$148,900

Median gross rent

$672$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
Under 5	2.7%	6.3%
5 to 17	7.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	31.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.6%
75 and over	9.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.9%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	39.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
Drove alone	94.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	0.2%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
1-unit, detached	82.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	28.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairdale	Waynesburg
Poverty rate	9.7%	21.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1961	1938