Fayette County, Pennsylvania

• White (non-Hispanic) 112,234 89.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,822 1.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,881 3.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 570 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,047 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 43 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 97 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 303 0.2%

• Under 18 24,221 19.2%
• 18–24 8,817 7.0%
• 25–44 29,261 23.2%
• 45–64 35,141 27.9%
• 65 and over 28,557 22.7%

Median household income

$60,039

90% interval $56,108–$63,970

−$17,493 vs PA · 59th of 67

Below poverty line

14.7%

90% interval 12.3%–17.1%

+3.1 pp vs PA · 11th of 67

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.2%

+0.99 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.4B

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,190

Establishments

2,718

• Education & health services 10,027 26.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,207 21.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,638 14.9%
• Manufacturing 3,864 10.2%
• Professional & business services 2,385 6.3%
• Public administration 2,002 5.3%
• Construction 1,317 3.5%
• Other services 1,197 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 1,039 2.7%
• Financial activities 1,014 2.7%
• Information 313 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.4%

+3.1 pp vs PA · 43rd of 67

Median gross rent

$793

−$416 vs PA · 55th of 67

Owner-occupied

39,947

Renter-occupied

15,235

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $88,275/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,671/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 43,633 68.7%
• Democratic 19,548 30.8%
• Other / third-party 291 0.5%

• Spanish 1,051 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 377 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 330 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 290 0.2%
• Chinese 135 0.1%
• Arabic 107 0.1%
• Korean 52 0.0%
• Tagalog 41 0.0%

Households

55,182

Family households

33,440

60.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,460

22.3% of families

Single-mother families

2,730

8.2% of families

Veterans

7,328

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 16,377 12.7%
• Mainline Protestant 14,631 11.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 13,075 10.2%
• Black Protestant 910 0.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 523 0.4%
• Orthodox 112 0.1%

Health insured

95.4%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±0.6 pp

46th of 67

With a disability

20.5%

±1 pp

3rd of 67

Bachelor's or higher

19.1%

±1.1 pp

−16.1 pp vs PA · 56th of 67

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.8%

90% interval 6.1%–7.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

14th Judicial District Court of Common Pleas

Judges

5 (Court of Common Pleas judges per district (general civil + felony criminal + family + orphans' court jurisdiction); vintage 2026 pacourts.us; cross-checked against 42 Pa. C.S. § 911. Magisterial District Judges (limited jurisdiction: preliminary criminal, landlord-tenant, small civil up to $12K) are separately allocated and not counted here. Philadelphia Municipal Court (limited civil + minor criminal in Philadelphia only) also separate.)

Court seats

Uniontown

Traffic fatalities

19

18.67 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15