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Fairfield township, Westmoreland County, PA

2,251 Population
61.4 square miles 36.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Westmoreland County: 47.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,545 ±$3,009 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Westmoreland County: $42,132 ±$740
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$69,091 ±$12,271 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Westmoreland County: $72,468 ±$1,522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.3% ±1.5% (117  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Westmoreland County: 10% 34,698 (±0.6% / ±1,984)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

35.9 minutes ±2.6 (30,500  ±6,876) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Westmoreland County: 27.1 4,038,455 (±0.4 / ±84,470)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

872 ±113 Number of households
  • Westmoreland County: 154,385 ±899
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.4 (2,220  ±433) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Westmoreland County: 2.2 345,888 (±0 / ±98)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

14.3% ±6.1% (52  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Westmoreland County: 5.6% † 3,845 (±0.7% / ±470)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,118 ±122 Number of housing units
  • Westmoreland County: 168,406 ±123
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$184,700 ±$30,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Westmoreland County: $193,100 ±$2,368
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

14.6% ±11% (325  ±252.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Westmoreland County: 8% 27,982 (±0.5% / ±1,821.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.8% ±20.2% (1,488  ±203.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Westmoreland County: 95.4% 251,175 (±1.3% / ±3,356)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
19.9% ±2.5% (319  ±66.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Westmoreland County: 31.8% 83,845 (±0.7% / ±1,942.5)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.6% ±0.5% (13  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Westmoreland County: 1.8% 6,287
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.1% ±2.2% (152  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.8% 22,357 (±0.4% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
152 Total veterans ±44 138 Male ±46 14 Female ±20

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