Fairmont vs Maxton

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

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

Maxton has the higher population (2,398 vs 2,326 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($36,493 vs $22,632 in Maxton). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $79,600 in Maxton).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Maxton
Population	2,326	2,398
Median age	45.8 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,493	$22,632
Median home value	$88,500	$79,600
Median gross rent	$662	$630
Housing units	1,133	1,092
Homeownership rate	46.1%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Maxton
Population	2,641 → 2,326 (-11.9%)	2,549 → 2,398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$25,058 → $36,493 (+45.6%)	$24,800 → $22,632 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $88,500 (+3.6%)	$78,100 → $79,600 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $662 (+37.6%)	$536 → $630 (+17.5%)

Fairmont

Population

2,6412,326

Median household income

$25,058$36,493

Median home value

$85,400$88,500

Median gross rent

$481$662

Maxton

Population

2,5492,398

Median household income

$24,800$22,632

Median home value

$78,100$79,600

Median gross rent

$536$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Maxton
Under 5	7.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.0%
75 and over	13.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Maxton
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	13.4%
Black or African American	52.0%	60.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	21.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Maxton
No high school diploma	15.2%	19.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Maxton
Drove alone	84.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	1.4%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.2%
Other means	2.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Maxton
1-unit, detached	69.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Maxton
Poverty rate	31.5%	43.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1967	1978