Fairview vs Valhalla

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

Fairview and Valhalla 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 (3,522 vs 2,978 in Valhalla). Valhalla has the higher median household income ($125,135 vs $86,071 in Fairview). Valhalla has the higher median home value ($696,200 vs $463,900 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Valhalla
Population	3,522	2,978
Median age	35.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,071	$125,135
Median home value	$463,900	$696,200
Median gross rent	$1,553	$2,534
Housing units	1,229	1,172
Homeownership rate	48.8%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Valhalla
Population	3,535 → 3,522 (-0.4%)	3,536 → 2,978 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$53,590 → $86,071 (+60.6%)	$110,385 → $125,135 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$416,900 → $463,900 (+11.3%)	$566,000 → $696,200 (+23.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,553 (+63.5%)	$2,244 → $2,534 (+12.9%)

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

Valhalla

Population

3,5362,978

Median household income

$110,385$125,135

Median home value

$566,000$696,200

Median gross rent

$2,244$2,534

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Valhalla
Under 5	8.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	19.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.8%
75 and over	2.2%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Valhalla
White (non-Hispanic)	10.9%	71.9%
Black or African American	47.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.3%	19.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Valhalla
No high school diploma	18.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	20.9%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Valhalla
Drove alone	54.6%	60.1%
Carpooled	20.7%	4.7%
Public transit	9.3%	4.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	21.4%
Other means	1.5%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Valhalla
1-unit, detached	45.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	2.6%
20 or more units	17.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Valhalla
Poverty rate	9.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1960	1956