Dewart vs Fairview-Ferndale

A side-by-side comparison of Dewart and Fairview-Ferndale: population, income, housing, and more.

Dewart and Fairview-Ferndale are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairview-Ferndale has the higher population (1,721 vs 1,241 in Dewart). Dewart has the higher median household income ($53,365 vs $36,429 in Fairview-Ferndale). Dewart has the higher median home value ($157,100 vs $77,000 in Fairview-Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
Population	1,241	1,721
Median age	47.1 yrs	56.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,365	$36,429
Median home value	$157,100	$77,000
Median gross rent	—	$730
Housing units	722	1,142
Homeownership rate	88.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
Population	1,520 → 1,241 (-18.4%)	2,036 → 1,721 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$48,405 → $53,365 (+10.2%)	$38,323 → $36,429 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $157,100 (+44.8%)	$64,700 → $77,000 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $639 (+0.3%)	$755 → $730 (-3.3%)

Dewart

Population

1,5201,241

Median household income

$48,405$53,365

Median home value

$108,500$157,100

Median gross rent

$637$639

Fairview-Ferndale

Population

2,0361,721

Median household income

$38,323$36,429

Median home value

$64,700$77,000

Median gross rent

$755$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
Under 5	2.8%	2.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	4.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	2.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	18.0%	14.7%
75 and over	9.8%	18.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
No high school diploma	7.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
Drove alone	90.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.2%
Public transit	3.8%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
1-unit, detached	65.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	22.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dewart	Fairview-Ferndale
Poverty rate	9.5%	13.6%
Average household size	2.42	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1973	1938