Barker Ten Mile vs Fairmont

A side-by-side comparison of Barker Ten Mile and Fairmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairmont has the higher population (2,326 vs 976 in Barker Ten Mile). Barker Ten Mile has the higher median household income ($77,841 vs $36,493 in Fairmont). Barker Ten Mile has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $88,500 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
Population	976	2,326
Median age	44.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,841	$36,493
Median home value	$153,200	$88,500
Median gross rent	—	$662
Housing units	401	1,133
Homeownership rate	92.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
Population	909 → 976 (+7.4%)	2,641 → 2,326 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$85,156 → $77,841 (-8.6%)	$25,058 → $36,493 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$144,400 → $153,200 (+6.1%)	$85,400 → $88,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$481 → $662 (+37.6%)

Barker Ten Mile

Population

909976

Median household income

$85,156$77,841

Median home value

$144,400$153,200

Fairmont

Population

2,6412,326

Median household income

$25,058$36,493

Median home value

$85,400$88,500

Median gross rent

$481$662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	12.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	20.9%	7.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	4.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	22.0%	10.0%
75 and over	3.8%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
White (non-Hispanic)	44.0%	25.8%
Black or African American	18.6%	52.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	26.8%	17.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
No high school diploma	2.1%	15.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
Drove alone	96.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
1-unit, detached	81.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Barker Ten Mile	Fairmont
Poverty rate	5.6%	31.5%
Average household size	2.60	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1977	1967