Fairview vs Royal Pines

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

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

Royal Pines has the higher population (4,528 vs 2,327 in Fairview). Royal Pines has the higher median household income ($105,956 vs $74,388 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($373,200 vs $369,500 in Royal Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Royal Pines
Population	2,327	4,528
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,388	$105,956
Median home value	$373,200	$369,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,397
Housing units	1,159	2,093
Homeownership rate	94.8%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Royal Pines
Population	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)	4,759 → 4,528 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)	$83,012 → $105,956 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)	$260,300 → $369,500 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)	$1,117 → $1,397 (+25.1%)

Fairview

Population

2,8782,327

Median household income

$59,796$74,388

Median home value

$283,300$373,200

Median gross rent

$576$629

Royal Pines

Population

4,7594,528

Median household income

$83,012$105,956

Median home value

$260,300$369,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,397

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Royal Pines
Under 5	7.2%	8.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	17.4%
45 to 54	5.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	20.7%	12.7%
75 and over	12.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Royal Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Royal Pines
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	25.4%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Royal Pines
Drove alone	92.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	19.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Royal Pines
1-unit, detached	80.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Royal Pines
Poverty rate	12.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1991	1980