Fairview vs Montreat

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

Fairview and Montreat 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 474 in Montreat). Since 2019, Montreat's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -19.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Montreat
Population	2,327	474
Median age	46.1 yrs	20.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,388	—
Median home value	$373,200	—
Housing units	1,159	742
Homeownership rate	94.8%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Montreat
Population	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)	446 → 474 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)	$99,583 → $190,750 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)	$415,200 → $455,000 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)	—

Fairview

Population

2,8782,327

Median household income

$59,796$74,388

Median home value

$283,300$373,200

Median gross rent

$576$629

Montreat

Population

446474

Median household income

$99,583$190,750

Median home value

$415,200$455,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Montreat
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	0.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	82.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	4.2%
65 to 74	20.7%	0.0%
75 and over	12.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Montreat
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Montreat
No high school diploma	1.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Montreat
Drove alone	92.3%	40.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	46.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Montreat
1-unit, detached	80.5%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Montreat
Poverty rate	12.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.86	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	10
Median year structure built	1991	1957