Fairview vs Good Hope

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

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

Good Hope has the higher population (2,542 vs 681 in Fairview). Good Hope has the higher median household income ($88,068 vs $46,750 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $172,200 in Good Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Good Hope
Population	681	2,542
Median age	37.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,750	$88,068
Median home value	$215,400	$172,200
Median gross rent	$755	$1,105
Housing units	235	916
Homeownership rate	59.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Good Hope
Population	492 → 681 (+38.4%)	2,620 → 2,542 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $46,750 (+10.5%)	$49,761 → $88,068 (+77.0%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $215,400 (+33.4%)	$120,700 → $172,200 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $755 (+29.1%)	$829 → $1,105 (+33.3%)

Fairview

Population

492681

Median household income

$42,292$46,750

Median home value

$161,500$215,400

Median gross rent

$585$755

Good Hope

Population

2,6202,542

Median household income

$49,761$88,068

Median home value

$120,700$172,200

Median gross rent

$829$1,105

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Good Hope
Under 5	8.1%	10.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	21.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.1%
75 and over	11.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Good Hope
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.3%	0.0%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Good Hope
No high school diploma	21.8%	17.7%
High school graduate	38.9%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Good Hope
Drove alone	80.5%	77.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Good Hope
1-unit, detached	77.9%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Good Hope
Poverty rate	23.1%	15.1%
Average household size	2.96	3.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1982	1985