Avery Creek vs Fairview

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

Avery Creek and Fairview are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avery Creek has the higher population (2,998 vs 2,327 in Fairview). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $74,388 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($373,200 vs $326,200 in Avery Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Fairview
Population	2,998	2,327
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$74,388
Median home value	$326,200	$373,200
Housing units	882	1,159
Homeownership rate	91.5%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Fairview
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)

Avery Creek

Population

2,6752,998

Median household income

$79,729$107,684

Median home value

$242,300$326,200

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,845

Fairview

Population

2,8782,327

Median household income

$59,796$74,388

Median home value

$283,300$373,200

Median gross rent

$576$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Fairview
Under 5	5.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	15.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	5.3%
55 to 64	8.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	20.7%
75 and over	4.5%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	5.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Fairview
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Fairview
Drove alone	53.6%	92.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	5.6%
Other means	17.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Fairview
1-unit, detached	95.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Fairview
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.1%
Average household size	4.10	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1996	1991