Fairview vs Weaverville

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

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

Weaverville has the higher population (4,618 vs 2,327 in Fairview). Weaverville has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $74,388 in Fairview). Weaverville has the higher median home value ($452,700 vs $373,200 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Weaverville
Population	2,327	4,618
Median age	46.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,388	$90,000
Median home value	$373,200	$452,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,642
Housing units	1,159	2,419
Homeownership rate	94.8%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Weaverville
Population	2,878 → 2,327 (-19.1%)	3,940 → 4,618 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$59,796 → $74,388 (+24.4%)	$66,179 → $90,000 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$283,300 → $373,200 (+31.7%)	$280,800 → $452,700 (+61.2%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $629 (+9.2%)	$897 → $1,642 (+83.1%)

Fairview

Population

2,8782,327

Median household income

$59,796$74,388

Median home value

$283,300$373,200

Median gross rent

$576$629

Weaverville

Population

3,9404,618

Median household income

$66,179$90,000

Median home value

$280,800$452,700

Median gross rent

$897$1,642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Weaverville
Under 5	7.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	8.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	5.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	20.7%	15.3%
75 and over	12.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Weaverville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Weaverville
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	10.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Weaverville
Drove alone	92.3%	67.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Weaverville
1-unit, detached	80.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Weaverville
Poverty rate	12.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1991	1991