Fairview-Ferndale vs Marshallton

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

Fairview-Ferndale and Marshallton 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 1,234 in Marshallton). Marshallton has the higher median household income ($53,983 vs $36,429 in Fairview-Ferndale). Marshallton has the higher median home value ($92,800 vs $77,000 in Fairview-Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
Population	1,721	1,234
Median age	56.8 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$53,983
Median home value	$77,000	$92,800
Median gross rent	$730	$690
Housing units	1,142	680
Homeownership rate	86.5%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
Population	2,036 → 1,721 (-15.5%)	1,160 → 1,234 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$38,323 → $36,429 (-4.9%)	$33,068 → $53,983 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$64,700 → $77,000 (+19.0%)	$64,800 → $92,800 (+43.2%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $730 (-3.3%)	$509 → $690 (+35.6%)

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

Marshallton

Population

1,1601,234

Median household income

$33,068$53,983

Median home value

$64,800$92,800

Median gross rent

$509$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
Under 5	2.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	4.8%	4.3%
18 to 24	1.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	21.9%
55 to 64	19.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	8.8%
75 and over	18.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	99.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
No high school diploma	11.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	50.7%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
Drove alone	78.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	20.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
1-unit, detached	70.8%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	22.9%	27.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairview-Ferndale	Marshallton
Poverty rate	13.6%	6.5%
Average household size	1.62	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938