Fairview vs Montrose

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

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

Montrose has the higher population (3,702 vs 3,522 in Fairview). Montrose has the higher median household income ($143,496 vs $86,071 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($463,900 vs $439,900 in Montrose).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Montrose
Population	3,522	3,702
Median age	35.7 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$143,496
Median home value	$463,900	$439,900
Median gross rent	$1,553	$1,854
Housing units	1,229	1,261
Homeownership rate	48.8%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Montrose
Population	3,535 → 3,522 (-0.4%)	3,270 → 3,702 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$53,590 → $86,071 (+60.6%)	$91,000 → $143,496 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$416,900 → $463,900 (+11.3%)	$360,200 → $439,900 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,553 (+63.5%)	$1,255 → $1,854 (+47.7%)

Fairview

Population

3,5353,522

Median household income

$53,590$86,071

Median home value

$416,900$463,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,553

Montrose

Population

3,2703,702

Median household income

$91,000$143,496

Median home value

$360,200$439,900

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Montrose
Under 5	8.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	22.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	6.7%
75 and over	2.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Montrose
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	67.3%
Black or African American	47.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Montrose
No high school diploma	18.8%	6.9%
High school graduate	20.9%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Montrose
Drove alone	54.6%	61.8%
Carpooled	20.7%	12.4%
Public transit	9.3%	8.4%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	17.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Montrose
1-unit, detached	45.0%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	17.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Montrose
Poverty rate	9.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.95	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1960	1958