Fairview vs Hopkinsville

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

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

Hopkinsville has the higher population (31,011 vs 205 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($56,159 vs $47,428 in Hopkinsville). Since 2019, Hopkinsville's population has grown faster (-0.1% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
Population	205	31,011
Median age	33.2 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,159	$47,428
Median home value	—	$140,200
Median gross rent	—	$869
Housing units	107	14,290
Homeownership rate	54.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	39.8%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
Population	253 → 205 (-19.0%)	31,056 → 31,011 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$86,827 → $56,159 (-35.3%)	$41,597 → $47,428 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $230,100 (+8.3%)	$116,600 → $140,200 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $869 (+19.9%)

Fairview

Population

253205

Median household income

$86,827$56,159

Median home value

$212,500$230,100

Hopkinsville

Population

31,05631,011

Median household income

$41,597$47,428

Median home value

$116,600$140,200

Median gross rent

$725$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	20.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	42.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.9%
75 and over	9.3%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.0%	59.1%
Black or African American	21.0%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.7%
High school graduate	48.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
Drove alone	100.0%	85.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
1-unit, detached	84.1%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Hopkinsville
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1993	1975