Fairmont vs Pembroke

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

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

Pembroke has the higher population (2,823 vs 2,326 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($36,493 vs $22,940 in Pembroke). Pembroke has the higher median home value ($114,700 vs $88,500 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Pembroke
Population	2,326	2,823
Median age	45.8 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,493	$22,940
Median home value	$88,500	$114,700
Median gross rent	$662	$700
Housing units	1,133	1,322
Homeownership rate	46.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Pembroke
Population	2,641 → 2,326 (-11.9%)	3,002 → 2,823 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$25,058 → $36,493 (+45.6%)	$24,034 → $22,940 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $88,500 (+3.6%)	$89,500 → $114,700 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $662 (+37.6%)	$573 → $700 (+22.2%)

Fairmont

Population

2,6412,326

Median household income

$25,058$36,493

Median home value

$85,400$88,500

Median gross rent

$481$662

Pembroke

Population

3,0022,823

Median household income

$24,034$22,940

Median home value

$89,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$573$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Pembroke
Under 5	7.0%	11.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	12.7%	23.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	13.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	4.9%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	13.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Pembroke
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	10.9%
Black or African American	52.0%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	68.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Pembroke
No high school diploma	15.2%	17.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Pembroke
Drove alone	84.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.7%
Other means	2.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Pembroke
1-unit, detached	69.3%	41.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	14.8%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Pembroke
Poverty rate	31.5%	43.7%
Average household size	2.47	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1967	1982