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Fairview township, Luzerne County, PA

4,704 Population
9.5 square miles 493.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Luzerne County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,187 ±$5,223 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Luzerne County: $34,857 ±$664
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$94,018 ±$18,543 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Luzerne County: $62,321 ±$1,298
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

3.9% ±2.1% (184  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Luzerne County: 15.4% 48,562 (±0.8% / ±2,542)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.5 minutes ±5.1 (48,745  ±12,385) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.6 3,226,395 (±0.5 / ±85,494)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,777 ±95 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 133,434 ±862
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.1 (4,699  ±17) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 315,008 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.8% ±8.7% (107  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,628 (±0.6% / ±447)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,786 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,012 ±168
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$297,500 ±$45,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Luzerne County: $163,800 ±$3,296
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.2% ±3% (291  ±141.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 11.7% 37,658 (±0.7% / ±2,099.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.5% ±10% (2,916  ±363.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.7% 210,471 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
52.6% ±7.4% (1,574  ±246.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Luzerne County: 25% 57,994 (±0.8% / ±1,833.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.6% ±2.4% (216  ±114) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 8.7% 28,347
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.5% ±1.4% (118  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 7.1% 18,477 (±0.3% / ±895)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
118 Total veterans ±49 114 Male ±49 4 Female ±6

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