Fairhope township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 14.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 137 (all rural)
| Males: 76 |  (55.5%) |
| Females: 61 |  (44.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 137 (118 owner occupied, 19 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 14% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Fairhope township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 42.3
Median age of females: 44.5
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Average household size: 2.32
| Fairhope township: | 2.3 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.85
| Fairhope township: | $43,429 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $442 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $103,900 (it was $66,900 in 2000)
| : | $103,900 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
| Population density: 9 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 11.4% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Fairhope.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Welch Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Shaffers Run (A), Brush Creek (B), Poorbaugh Run (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Park in Fairhope township: State Game Lands Number 104 (1). Display/hide its location on the map
75% of Fairhope township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 103
- Northeast: 3
- Midwest: 2
- South: 32
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $18,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.7% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 86
- One, attached: 2
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Fairhope township with a mortgage: 11 (0 second mortgage, 1 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Plastics and rubber products (16%)
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (12%)
- Wood products (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Rail transportation (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (60%)
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (20%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (16%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Media and communication equipment workers (8%)
- Extraction workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (50%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (20%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairhope township:
- German (39.1%)
- United States or American (23.9%)
- Italian (10.9%)
- English (3.3%)
- British (2.2%)
- Hungarian (2.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 21 (60%)
- Carpooled: 8 (23%)
- Walked: 4 (11%)
- Worked at home: 2 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Coal or coke (18%)
- Wood (18%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Other fuel (7%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 140- In family households: 118 (39 male householders, 0 female householders)
34 spouses, 41 children (36 natural, 0 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 22 (17 male householders (17 living alone)), 5 female householders (5 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 18 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 22 1-person,
25 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |