Fairview vs Pennville

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

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

Pennville has the higher population (666 vs 156 in Fairview). Pennville has the higher median home value ($75,000 vs $9,999 in Fairview). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (+88.0% vs -8.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Pennville
Population	156	666
Median age	59.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,607
Median home value	$9,999	$75,000
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	83	312
Homeownership rate	74.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Pennville
Population	83 → 156 (+88.0%)	724 → 666 (-8.0%)
Median household income	—	$42,250 → $36,607 (-13.4%)
Median home value	—	$64,400 → $75,000 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$564 → $675 (+19.7%)

Fairview

Population

83156

Pennville

Population

724666

Median household income

$42,250$36,607

Median home value

$64,400$75,000

Median gross rent

$564$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Pennville
Under 5	9.0%	2.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	55.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.4%
75 and over	23.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Pennville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Pennville
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	57.0%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.8%	1.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Pennville
Drove alone	100.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Pennville
1-unit, detached	32.5%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	67.5%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Pennville
Poverty rate	32.4%	25.6%
Average household size	1.88	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1977	1959