Buchanan vs Fair Plain

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Fair Plain: population, income, housing, and more.

Buchanan and Fair Plain are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fair Plain has the higher population (6,992 vs 4,259 in Buchanan). Fair Plain has the higher median household income ($55,536 vs $54,068 in Buchanan). Fair Plain has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $138,400 in Buchanan).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
Population	4,259	6,992
Median age	32.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,068	$55,536
Median home value	$138,400	$147,800
Median gross rent	$952	$989
Housing units	2,112	3,435
Homeownership rate	56.0%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
Population	4,304 → 4,259 (-1.0%)	7,076 → 6,992 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$42,593 → $54,068 (+26.9%)	$38,494 → $55,536 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$109,700 → $138,400 (+26.2%)	$99,100 → $147,800 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $952 (+41.2%)	$784 → $989 (+26.1%)

Buchanan

Population

4,3044,259

Median household income

$42,593$54,068

Median home value

$109,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$674$952

Fair Plain

Population

7,0766,992

Median household income

$38,494$55,536

Median home value

$99,100$147,800

Median gross rent

$784$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
Under 5	9.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	8.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.2%
75 and over	7.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	48.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	38.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	10.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
No high school diploma	5.3%	11.2%
High school graduate	34.6%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	45.4%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
Drove alone	80.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	5.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
1-unit, detached	62.7%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	10.8%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Fair Plain
Poverty rate	6.7%	22.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1958	1960