Fair Plain vs Niles

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

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

Niles has the higher population (11,838 vs 6,992 in Fair Plain). Fair Plain has the higher median household income ($55,536 vs $47,815 in Niles). Fair Plain has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $115,400 in Niles).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Plain	Niles
Population	6,992	11,838
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,536	$47,815
Median home value	$147,800	$115,400
Median gross rent	$989	$869
Housing units	3,435	5,471
Homeownership rate	73.7%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Plain	Niles
Population	7,076 → 6,992 (-1.2%)	11,211 → 11,838 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$38,494 → $55,536 (+44.3%)	$34,486 → $47,815 (+38.7%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $147,800 (+49.1%)	$85,400 → $115,400 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $989 (+26.1%)	$635 → $869 (+36.9%)

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

Niles

Population

11,21111,838

Median household income

$34,486$47,815

Median home value

$85,400$115,400

Median gross rent

$635$869

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Plain	Niles
Under 5	6.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	13.2%	10.8%
75 and over	4.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Plain	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	77.9%
Black or African American	38.3%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	1.8%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Plain	Niles
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Plain	Niles
Drove alone	83.5%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.8%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.1%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Plain	Niles
1-unit, detached	82.8%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	2.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Plain	Niles
Poverty rate	22.9%	20.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1960	1954