Fairview vs Hanceville

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

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

Hanceville has the higher population (3,255 vs 681 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($46,750 vs $39,894 in Hanceville). Fairview has the higher median home value ($215,400 vs $164,500 in Hanceville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Hanceville
Population	681	3,255
Median age	37.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,750	$39,894
Median home value	$215,400	$164,500
Median gross rent	$755	$744
Housing units	235	1,521
Homeownership rate	59.1%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Hanceville
Population	492 → 681 (+38.4%)	3,377 → 3,255 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$42,292 → $46,750 (+10.5%)	$32,668 → $39,894 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$161,500 → $215,400 (+33.4%)	$99,900 → $164,500 (+64.7%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $755 (+29.1%)	$668 → $744 (+11.4%)

Fairview

Population

492681

Median household income

$42,292$46,750

Median home value

$161,500$215,400

Median gross rent

$585$755

Hanceville

Population

3,3773,255

Median household income

$32,668$39,894

Median home value

$99,900$164,500

Median gross rent

$668$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Hanceville
Under 5	8.1%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	13.2%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.8%
75 and over	11.5%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Hanceville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.9%
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%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Hanceville
No high school diploma	21.8%	21.1%
High school graduate	38.9%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Hanceville
Drove alone	80.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	15.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Hanceville
1-unit, detached	77.9%	58.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Hanceville
Poverty rate	23.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1982	1988