Fairview-Ferndale vs Watsontown

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

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

Watsontown has the higher population (1,845 vs 1,721 in Fairview-Ferndale). Watsontown has the higher median household income ($53,355 vs $36,429 in Fairview-Ferndale). Watsontown has the higher median home value ($161,200 vs $77,000 in Fairview-Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
Population	1,721	1,845
Median age	56.8 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$53,355
Median home value	$77,000	$161,200
Median gross rent	$730	$848
Housing units	1,142	897
Homeownership rate	86.5%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
Population	2,036 → 1,721 (-15.5%)	2,333 → 1,845 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$38,323 → $36,429 (-4.9%)	$43,947 → $53,355 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$64,700 → $77,000 (+19.0%)	$136,900 → $161,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $730 (-3.3%)	$728 → $848 (+16.5%)

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

Watsontown

Population

2,3331,845

Median household income

$43,947$53,355

Median home value

$136,900$161,200

Median gross rent

$728$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
Under 5	2.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	4.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	1.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.0%
75 and over	18.7%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	50.7%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
Drove alone	78.0%	85.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	3.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
1-unit, detached	70.8%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	22.9%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview-Ferndale	Watsontown
Poverty rate	13.6%	14.1%
Average household size	1.62	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1938	1952