Fairview vs Spackenkill

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

Fairview and Spackenkill 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 4,244 in Spackenkill). Spackenkill has the higher median household income ($135,219 vs $84,759 in Fairview). Spackenkill has the higher median home value ($407,800 vs $256,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Spackenkill
Population	6,454	4,244
Median age	34.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,759	$135,219
Median home value	$256,500	$407,800
Median gross rent	$1,525	—
Housing units	2,341	1,641
Homeownership rate	69.2%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	66.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Spackenkill
Population	5,486 → 6,454 (+17.6%)	4,053 → 4,244 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$96,194 → $84,759 (-11.9%)	$122,337 → $135,219 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$212,700 → $256,500 (+20.6%)	$283,600 → $407,800 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,525 (+17.4%)	—

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

Spackenkill

Population

4,0534,244

Median household income

$122,337$135,219

Median home value

$283,600$407,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Spackenkill
Under 5	3.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	23.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	6.4%	16.7%
75 and over	4.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Spackenkill
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	67.0%
Black or African American	16.3%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Spackenkill
No high school diploma	12.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	35.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Spackenkill
Drove alone	77.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	11.9%	6.8%
Public transit	1.5%	6.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Spackenkill
1-unit, detached	73.2%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.2%
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	Spackenkill
Poverty rate	17.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1960	1965