Bent Creek vs Fairview

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

Bent 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.

Fairview has the higher population (2,327 vs 1,854 in Bent Creek). Fairview has the higher median household income ($74,388 vs $52,485 in Bent Creek). Bent Creek has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $373,200 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Bent Creek	Fairview
Population	1,854	2,327
Median age	43.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,485	$74,388
Median home value	$377,500	$373,200
Median gross rent	$1,914	—
Housing units	719	1,159
Homeownership rate	78.7%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	22.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bent Creek	Fairview
Population	1,666 → 1,854 (+11.3%)	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$83,324 → $52,485 (-37.0%)	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $377,500 (+53.5%)	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)

Bent Creek

Population

1,6661,854

Median household income

$83,324$52,485

Median home value

$245,900$377,500

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)

	Bent Creek	Fairview
Under 5	5.5%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	3.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	22.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	20.5%	5.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	20.7%
75 and over	11.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bent Creek	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bent Creek	Fairview
No high school diploma	12.6%	1.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bent Creek	Fairview
Drove alone	71.7%	92.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bent Creek	Fairview
1-unit, detached	77.5%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Bent Creek	Fairview
Poverty rate	11.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1977	1991