Fearrington Village vs Pittsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Fearrington Village and Pittsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsboro has the higher population (4,640 vs 2,535 in Fearrington Village). Fearrington Village has the higher median household income ($101,384 vs $64,792 in Pittsboro). Fearrington Village has the higher median home value ($439,900 vs $342,800 in Pittsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
Population	2,535	4,640
Median age	74.2 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,384	$64,792
Median home value	$439,900	$342,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$993
Housing units	1,492	2,082
Homeownership rate	78.3%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.9%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
Population	2,867 → 2,535 (-11.6%)	4,195 → 4,640 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$71,307 → $101,384 (+42.2%)	$44,399 → $64,792 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$328,100 → $439,900 (+34.1%)	$255,100 → $342,800 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,600 → $3,501 (+118.8%)	$842 → $993 (+17.9%)

Fearrington Village

Population

2,8672,535

Median household income

$71,307$101,384

Median home value

$328,100$439,900

Median gross rent

$1,600$3,501

Pittsboro

Population

4,1954,640

Median household income

$44,399$64,792

Median home value

$255,100$342,800

Median gross rent

$842$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	1.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	3.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	2.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	31.1%	8.1%
75 and over	46.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	70.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	5.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	41.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.4%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
Drove alone	69.2%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
1-unit, detached	58.8%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	25.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	14.7%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fearrington Village	Pittsboro
Poverty rate	4.0%	10.4%
Average household size	1.73	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1995	1999