Fairview vs Fox Lake

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (919 vs 173 in Fox Lake). Fox Lake has the higher median household income ($81,458 vs $80,903 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $140,600 in Fox Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Fox Lake
Population	919	173
Median age	37.0 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,903	$81,458
Median home value	$178,800	$140,600
Median gross rent	$689	$1,100
Housing units	443	78
Homeownership rate	83.2%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Fox Lake
Population	919 → 919 (+0.0%)	100 → 173 (+73.0%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $80,903 (+9.7%)	$51,250 → $81,458 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $178,800 (+4.8%)	$187,500 → $140,600 (-25.0%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $689 (-5.0%)	$468 → $1,100 (+135.0%)

Fairview

Population

919919

Median household income

$73,750$80,903

Median home value

$170,600$178,800

Median gross rent

$725$689

Fox Lake

Population

100173

Median household income

$51,250$81,458

Median home value

$187,500$140,600

Median gross rent

$468$1,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Fox Lake
Under 5	0.4%	15.0%
5 to 17	26.9%	29.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	2.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.8%	4.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.9%
75 and over	4.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Fox Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	73.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	4.6%
Two or more races	0.2%	16.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Fox Lake
No high school diploma	7.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Fox Lake
Drove alone	82.4%	85.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Fox Lake
1-unit, detached	63.4%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Fox Lake
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.9%
Average household size	2.71	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1974	1986