Fairview vs Norris

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (357 vs 269 in Norris). Fairview has the higher median household income ($65,250 vs $61,667 in Norris). Fairview has the higher median home value ($79,800 vs $69,400 in Norris).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Norris
Population	357	269
Median age	49.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,250	$61,667
Median home value	$79,800	$69,400
Median gross rent	$442	$839
Housing units	176	101
Homeownership rate	90.2%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	19.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Norris
Population	461 → 357 (-22.6%)	161 → 269 (+67.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $65,250 (+6.5%)	$40,833 → $61,667 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $79,800 (+0.0%)	$63,300 → $69,400 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$338 → $442 (+30.8%)	$670 → $839 (+25.2%)

Fairview

Population

461357

Median household income

$61,250$65,250

Median home value

$79,800$79,800

Median gross rent

$338$442

Norris

Population

161269

Median household income

$40,833$61,667

Median home value

$63,300$69,400

Median gross rent

$670$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Norris
Under 5	4.2%	0.4%
5 to 17	15.7%	36.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	6.2%	21.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	4.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	5.6%
75 and over	13.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Norris
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Norris
No high school diploma	2.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Norris
Drove alone	87.6%	94.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Norris
1-unit, detached	93.2%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Norris
Poverty rate	7.0%	13.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	13
Median year structure built	1950	1949