Fairview vs St. David

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

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

St. David has the higher population (548 vs 357 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($65,250 vs $55,324 in St. David). Fairview has the higher median home value ($79,800 vs $60,200 in St. David).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	St. David
Population	357	548
Median age	49.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,250	$55,324
Median home value	$79,800	$60,200
Median gross rent	$442	$1,000
Housing units	176	279
Homeownership rate	90.2%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	St. David
Population	461 → 357 (-22.6%)	640 → 548 (-14.4%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $65,250 (+6.5%)	$40,000 → $55,324 (+38.3%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $79,800 (+0.0%)	$53,300 → $60,200 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$338 → $442 (+30.8%)	$688 → $1,000 (+45.3%)

Fairview

Population

461357

Median household income

$61,250$65,250

Median home value

$79,800$79,800

Median gross rent

$338$442

St. David

Population

640548

Median household income

$40,000$55,324

Median home value

$53,300$60,200

Median gross rent

$688$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	St. David
Under 5	4.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	6.2%	18.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.1%
75 and over	13.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	St. David
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	St. David
No high school diploma	2.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	31.7%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	St. David
Drove alone	87.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	14.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	St. David
1-unit, detached	93.2%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	St. David
Poverty rate	7.0%	10.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1950	1945