Berlin vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

Berlin and Fairview are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairview has the higher population (681 vs 592 in Berlin). Berlin has the higher median household income ($59,423 vs $46,750 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $144,100 in Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Fairview
Population	592	681
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,423	$46,750
Median home value	$144,100	$215,400
Median gross rent	$1,042	$755
Housing units	298	235
Homeownership rate	88.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Fairview
Population	369 → 592 (+60.4%)	492 → 681 (+38.4%)
Median household income	$31,951 → $59,423 (+86.0%)	$42,292 → $46,750 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $144,100 (+92.1%)	$161,500 → $215,400 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,042 (+11.1%)	$585 → $755 (+29.1%)

Berlin

Population

369592

Median household income

$31,951$59,423

Median home value

$75,000$144,100

Median gross rent

$938$1,042

Fairview

Population

492681

Median household income

$42,292$46,750

Median home value

$161,500$215,400

Median gross rent

$585$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Fairview
Under 5	2.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	15.1%
35 to 44	20.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	17.9%	10.3%
75 and over	1.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	81.5%
Black or African American	8.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Fairview
No high school diploma	24.6%	21.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Fairview
Drove alone	89.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Fairview
1-unit, detached	58.7%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Fairview
Poverty rate	9.8%	23.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1993	1982