Emma vs Fairview

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

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

Emma has the higher population (2,757 vs 2,327 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($74,388 vs $40,964 in Emma). Fairview has the higher median home value ($373,200 vs $88,900 in Emma).

Population, income & housing

	Emma	Fairview
Population	2,757	2,327
Median age	28.9 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,964	$74,388
Median home value	$88,900	$373,200
Median gross rent	$981	—
Housing units	1,021	1,159
Homeownership rate	70.1%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	49.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emma	Fairview
Population	2,532 → 2,757 (+8.9%)	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)
Median household income	$36,144 → $40,964 (+13.3%)	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $88,900 (+3.3%)	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $981 (+7.9%)	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)

Emma

Population

2,5322,757

Median household income

$36,144$40,964

Median home value

$86,100$88,900

Median gross rent

$909$981

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)

	Emma	Fairview
Under 5	7.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	19.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	4.4%	5.3%
55 to 64	4.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.1%	20.7%
75 and over	3.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emma	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	31.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	0.4%	5.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	66.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emma	Fairview
No high school diploma	21.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emma	Fairview
Drove alone	77.9%	92.3%
Carpooled	17.6%	2.1%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emma	Fairview
1-unit, detached	20.9%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	71.0%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Emma	Fairview
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.1%
Average household size	3.58	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1990	1991