Fayette Country, Pennsylvania, Housing Market Analysis - EERE

Fayette County
Housing Market Analysis
The completion of the Mon-Fayette Expressway will make land close to this
corridor ripe for housing development. Easy access to both Pittsburgh and
Morgantown via the Mon-Fayette Expressway has the potential to turn
Fayette County into a bedroom community for these cities. Communities
along the expressway route have already begun to plan for growth and
development.
In Fayette County, public water and sewer lines, with some exceptions, are
generally located west of the Laurel Ridge. The topography of the highlands
severely increases the cost of providing public infrastructure to the eastern
portion of the county. It also limits the probability of future infrastructure
extensions.
Based on factors such as population movement within the county, the
availability of land zoned for residential use, accessibility to major routes,
and access to public water and sewer service, future housing growth is
expected in the following communities:
• Brownsville Twp – along the Route 40 corridor
• Bullskin Twp – along the Route 119 corridor, mainly in response to
the state Enterprise Zones
• Connellsville Twp – along the Route 119 corridor, mainly in
response to the state Enterprise Zones
• Dunbar Twp – along the Route 119 corridor, mainly in response to
the state Enterprise Zones
• Fairchance Borough – land in the borough will likely develop
mainly in response to its proximity to Route 43
• Georges Twp – resulting from the Route 43 interchanges and state
Enterprise Zones
• German Twp – along the Route 21 corridor
• Luzerne Twp – in the western portion of the township near the state
prison. Currently, most of the facility’s 600 employees (with
average annual salaries of $35,000-$40,000) commute.
• Menallen Twp – along the Route 40 and 21 corridors, because of the
state Enterprise Zones, Route 43, proximity to Uniontown, and the
119 by-pass
• Nicholson Twp – along the Route 119 corridor
• North Union Twp – growth will occur throughout the township, but
primarily along Routes 119 and 51 at the Route 43 interchange
• Perry Township – along the Route 51 corridor, south of Perryopolis
Borough
• Redstone Twp – growth will occur south of Brownsville and along
the Route 40 corridor
June 2005
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