Fountain Hill vs Slatington

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Hill and Slatington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Hill has the higher population (4,811 vs 4,277 in Slatington). Fountain Hill has the higher median household income ($54,615 vs $50,170 in Slatington). Fountain Hill has the higher median home value ($223,600 vs $177,300 in Slatington).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
Population	4,811	4,277
Median age	37.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,615	$50,170
Median home value	$223,600	$177,300
Median gross rent	$1,026	$744
Housing units	1,893	1,939
Homeownership rate	60.3%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
Population	4,683 → 4,811 (+2.7%)	4,291 → 4,277 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$46,621 → $54,615 (+17.1%)	$50,595 → $50,170 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$140,400 → $223,600 (+59.3%)	$138,300 → $177,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,026 (+27.3%)	$807 → $744 (-7.8%)

Fountain Hill

Population

4,6834,811

Median household income

$46,621$54,615

Median home value

$140,400$223,600

Median gross rent

$806$1,026

Slatington

Population

4,2914,277

Median household income

$50,595$50,170

Median home value

$138,300$177,300

Median gross rent

$807$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
Under 5	7.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.3%
25 to 34	16.1%	19.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.5%
75 and over	10.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	83.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.7%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
Drove alone	72.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.0%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.5%	9.9%
Other means	8.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
1-unit, detached	35.8%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	32.6%	30.8%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	10.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hill	Slatington
Poverty rate	16.3%	22.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1945	1938