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Population (year 2000): 2,174. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,097 (-3.5% change)
Males: 1,015 (46.7%), Females: 1,159 (53.3%)
Zip code:
15436
Median resident age: 38.1 years
Median household income: $26,840 (year 2000)
Median house value: $73,100 (year 2000)
Races in Fairchance:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Black (2.8%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
- Hispanic (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (23.3%), Irish (15.0%), Dutch
(10.6%), Polish (8.3%), Italian (8.0%), United States (6.9%).
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Fairchance
- High school or higher: 74.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 9.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Fairchance borough
- Never married: 23.2%
- Now married: 55.5%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 7.3%
- Divorced: 12.2%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +253 (+13.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Fairchance:
- UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; UNIONTOWN, PA)
- BROWNSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles;
BROWNSVILLE, PA)
- HIGHLANDS HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; CONNELLSVILLE,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Fairchance:
- MORGANTOWN MUNI-WALTER L. BILL HART FLD (about 17
miles; MORGANTOWN, WV; ID: MGW)
- ALLEGHENY COUNTY (about 38 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
ID: AGC)
- ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 40 miles; LATROBE, PA;
ID: LBE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Fairchance:
- CONNELLSVILLE (about 12 miles; CONNELLSVILLE, PA;
ID: VVS)
- TITUS FIELD (about 25 miles; ARTHURDALE, WV; ID:
70D)
- MOUNT PLEASANT/SCOTTDALE (about 25 miles; MOUNT
PLEASANT, PA; ID: P45)
Amtrak station near Fairchance:
- 18 miles: CONNELLSVILLE (FRONT & WATER STS.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free
short-term parking, call for taxi service, public
transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Fairchance:
- WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles;
MORGANTOWN, WV; Full-time enrollment: 19,666)
- CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 20
miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
- WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31
miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; FT enrollment: 3,223)
- FAIRMONT STATE COLLEGE (about 36 miles; FAIRMONT,
WV; FT enrollment: 5,317)
- CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 7,903)
- ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 46 miles;
PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
- POINT PARK COLLEGE (about 46 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,189)
Public primary/middle school in Fairchance:
- A L WILSON EL SCH (Students: 186; Grades: KG
- 05)
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