Fairview vs Wappingers Falls

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

Fairview and Wappingers Falls 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 5,694 in Wappingers Falls). Fairview has the higher median household income ($84,759 vs $58,455 in Wappingers Falls). Wappingers Falls has the higher median home value ($277,000 vs $256,500 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
Population	6,454	5,694
Median age	34.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,759	$58,455
Median home value	$256,500	$277,000
Median gross rent	$1,525	$1,490
Housing units	2,341	2,611
Homeownership rate	69.2%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
Population	5,486 → 6,454 (+17.6%)	5,648 → 5,694 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$96,194 → $84,759 (-11.9%)	$50,083 → $58,455 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$212,700 → $256,500 (+20.6%)	$228,200 → $277,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,299 → $1,525 (+17.4%)	$1,293 → $1,490 (+15.2%)

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

Wappingers Falls

Population

5,6485,694

Median household income

$50,083$58,455

Median home value

$228,200$277,000

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,490

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
Under 5	3.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	23.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.4%	14.0%
75 and over	4.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	58.8%	60.0%
Black or African American	16.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.5%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
No high school diploma	12.8%	20.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
Drove alone	77.2%	63.1%
Carpooled	11.9%	14.9%
Public transit	1.5%	2.6%
Walked	1.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
1-unit, detached	73.2%	20.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	11.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	35.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	15.2%
20 or more units	1.3%	16.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Wappingers Falls
Poverty rate	17.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.64	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1960	1956