Fairview vs Garden City

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

Fairview and Garden City 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 572 in Garden City). Garden City has the higher median household income ($55,313 vs $46,750 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $116,100 in Garden City).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Garden City
Population	681	572
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,750	$55,313
Median home value	$215,400	$116,100
Median gross rent	$755	—
Housing units	235	227
Homeownership rate	59.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Garden City
Population	492 → 681 (+38.4%)	557 → 572 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $46,750 (+10.5%)	$38,365 → $55,313 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $215,400 (+33.4%)	$85,300 → $116,100 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $755 (+29.1%)	$805 → $725 (-9.9%)

Fairview

Population

492681

Median household income

$42,292$46,750

Median home value

$161,500$215,400

Median gross rent

$585$755

Garden City

Population

557572

Median household income

$38,365$55,313

Median home value

$85,300$116,100

Median gross rent

$805$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Garden City
Under 5	8.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	12.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	6.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.5%
75 and over	11.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Garden City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.3%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Garden City
No high school diploma	21.8%	30.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Garden City
Drove alone	80.5%	95.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Garden City
1-unit, detached	77.9%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	24.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Garden City
Poverty rate	23.1%	23.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1982	1971