Beacon vs Fairview

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

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

Beacon has the higher population (14,629 vs 6,454 in Fairview). Beacon has the higher median household income ($93,347 vs $84,759 in Fairview). Beacon has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $256,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Beacon	Fairview
Population	14,629	6,454
Median age	41.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,347	$84,759
Median home value	$422,000	$256,500
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,525
Housing units	6,658	2,341
Homeownership rate	59.5%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beacon	Fairview
Population	13,634 → 14,629 (+7.3%)	5,486 → 6,454 (+17.6%)
Median household income	$71,193 → $93,347 (+31.1%)	$96,194 → $84,759 (-11.9%)
Median home value	$278,700 → $422,000 (+51.4%)	$212,700 → $256,500 (+20.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,323 → $1,675 (+26.6%)	$1,299 → $1,525 (+17.4%)

Beacon

Population

13,63414,629

Median household income

$71,193$93,347

Median home value

$278,700$422,000

Median gross rent

$1,323$1,675

Fairview

Population

5,4866,454

Median household income

$96,194$84,759

Median home value

$212,700$256,500

Median gross rent

$1,299$1,525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beacon	Fairview
Under 5	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	23.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	6.4%
75 and over	5.7%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beacon	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	64.3%	58.8%
Black or African American	10.9%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beacon	Fairview
No high school diploma	10.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beacon	Fairview
Drove alone	62.6%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.6%	11.9%
Public transit	8.3%	1.5%
Walked	2.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	20.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beacon	Fairview
1-unit, detached	52.5%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	9.4%
20 or more units	12.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Beacon	Fairview
Poverty rate	8.4%	17.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	41	26
Median year structure built	1953	1960