Fairmont vs Lumberton

A side-by-side comparison of Fairmont and Lumberton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lumberton has the higher population (19,220 vs 2,326 in Fairmont). Lumberton has the higher median household income ($43,114 vs $36,493 in Fairmont). Lumberton has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $88,500 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Lumberton
Population	2,326	19,220
Median age	45.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,493	$43,114
Median home value	$88,500	$140,100
Median gross rent	$662	$824
Housing units	1,133	8,385
Homeownership rate	46.1%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Lumberton
Population	2,641 → 2,326 (-11.9%)	20,928 → 19,220 (-8.2%)
Median household income	$25,058 → $36,493 (+45.6%)	$36,935 → $43,114 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $88,500 (+3.6%)	$109,800 → $140,100 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $662 (+37.6%)	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)

Fairmont

Population

2,6412,326

Median household income

$25,058$36,493

Median home value

$85,400$88,500

Median gross rent

$481$662

Lumberton

Population

20,92819,220

Median household income

$36,935$43,114

Median home value

$109,800$140,100

Median gross rent

$694$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Lumberton
Under 5	7.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.8%
75 and over	13.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Lumberton
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	34.0%
Black or African American	52.0%	37.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	13.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Lumberton
No high school diploma	15.2%	20.5%
High school graduate	39.5%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Lumberton
Drove alone	84.4%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	5.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	4.5%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Lumberton
1-unit, detached	69.3%	62.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Lumberton
Poverty rate	31.5%	31.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1967	1975