Fayette Country, Pennsylvania, Housing Market Analysis - EERE

Fayette County
Housing Market Analysis
An additional variable used to identify housing condition is overcrowding,
which is directly related to wear and/or damage. More than one person per
room (1.01 or more) is the threshold for overcrowding. Fayette County has a
1.2% (719) overcrowding rate, less than the state rate of 1.9%.
Finally, units lacking complete plumbing facilities are also used to define
deficient housing conditions. In Fayette County, 348 units (0.6%) lacked
complete plumbing. This rate is slightly higher than the state rate (0.5%).
The following table reflects the extent of older housing, overcrowded units,
and units without plumbing in Fayette County. Over half of the occupied
housing units in the county fit this description.
Table 4-21
Fayette County Housing Quality Indicators 2000
% of occupied
number
housing units
units over 50 years old 31,790 53.0%
overcrowded 719 1.2%
units lacking complete plumbing
overcrowded, and/or lacking
348 0.6%
plumbing 32,857 54.8%
occupied housing units 59,969 100.0%
Total units
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census
66,490 -
xiii. Demographic Impacts on Housing
a. Population by Age
The county’s changing demographics lead to indicators that may identify
housing needs in different portions of the population. Between 1990 and
2000, the county’s population grew by 2.3% (3,293). The county
median age is 40.2, higher than the state median age of 38.0. The
following table breaks down Fayette County’s population by age for both
1990 and 2000.
June 2005
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