Fairview vs Hiawatha

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

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

Hiawatha has the higher population (3,223 vs 287 in Fairview). Hiawatha has the higher median household income ($65,058 vs $58,000 in Fairview). Hiawatha has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $110,700 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Hiawatha
Population	287	3,223
Median age	62.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$65,058
Median home value	$110,700	$112,500
Median gross rent	$756	$683
Housing units	190	1,596
Homeownership rate	84.1%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Hiawatha
Population	326 → 287 (-12.0%)	3,147 → 3,223 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $58,000 (+53.0%)	$41,375 → $65,058 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $110,700 (+33.4%)	$87,500 → $112,500 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$450 → $756 (+68.0%)	$694 → $683 (-1.6%)

Fairview

Population

326287

Median household income

$37,917$58,000

Median home value

$83,000$110,700

Median gross rent

$450$756

Hiawatha

Population

3,1473,223

Median household income

$41,375$65,058

Median home value

$87,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$694$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Hiawatha
Under 5	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	1.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.7%
25 to 34	8.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	2.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	7.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	23.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	34.8%	11.3%
75 and over	5.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Hiawatha
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	86.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Hiawatha
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	56.3%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Hiawatha
Drove alone	91.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Hiawatha
1-unit, detached	93.2%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Hiawatha
Poverty rate	18.1%	11.3%
Average household size	1.63	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1972	1961