Barnardsville vs Fairview

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (2,327 vs 431 in Barnardsville). Fairview has the higher median home value ($373,200 vs $139,300 in Barnardsville). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (-19.1% vs -41.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Barnardsville	Fairview
Population	431	2,327
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,388
Median home value	$139,300	$373,200
Median gross rent	$1,565	—
Housing units	165	1,159
Homeownership rate	71.0%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barnardsville	Fairview
Population	742 → 431 (-41.9%)	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$41,151 → $43,077 (+4.7%)	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $139,300 (+7.4%)	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,138 → $1,565 (+37.5%)	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)

Barnardsville

Population

742431

Median household income

$41,151$43,077

Median home value

$129,700$139,300

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,565

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)

	Barnardsville	Fairview
Under 5	13.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	3.5%	20.7%
75 and over	18.3%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barnardsville	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barnardsville	Fairview
No high school diploma	41.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	17.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barnardsville	Fairview
Drove alone	82.9%	92.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barnardsville	Fairview
1-unit, detached	83.0%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Barnardsville	Fairview
Poverty rate	9.7%	12.1%
Average household size	3.12	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1963	1991