Fairview vs Red Oaks Mill

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Red Oaks Mill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview has the higher population (6,454 vs 3,235 in Red Oaks Mill). Red Oaks Mill has the higher median household income ($137,813 vs $84,759 in Fairview). Red Oaks Mill has the higher median home value ($347,400 vs $256,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
Population	6,454	3,235
Median age	34.9 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,759	$137,813
Median home value	$256,500	$347,400
Median gross rent	$1,525	—
Housing units	2,341	1,279
Homeownership rate	69.2%	98.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
Population	5,486 → 6,454 (+17.6%)	3,174 → 3,235 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$96,194 → $84,759 (-11.9%)	$110,917 → $137,813 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$212,700 → $256,500 (+20.6%)	$287,400 → $347,400 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,525 (+17.4%)	$1,604 → $1,615 (+0.7%)

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

Red Oaks Mill

Population

3,1743,235

Median household income

$110,917$137,813

Median home value

$287,400$347,400

Median gross rent

$1,604$1,615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
Under 5	3.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	23.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	24.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	13.1%
75 and over	4.1%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	84.7%
Black or African American	16.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	3.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
No high school diploma	12.8%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.9%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	32.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
Drove alone	77.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.2%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
1-unit, detached	73.2%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Red Oaks Mill
Poverty rate	17.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1960	1965