Fairmont vs Red Springs

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

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

Red Springs has the higher population (3,107 vs 2,326 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($36,493 vs $19,752 in Red Springs). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $85,400 in Red Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Red Springs
Population	2,326	3,107
Median age	45.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,493	$19,752
Median home value	$88,500	$85,400
Median gross rent	$662	$635
Housing units	1,133	1,442
Homeownership rate	46.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Red Springs
Population	2,641 → 2,326 (-11.9%)	3,378 → 3,107 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$25,058 → $36,493 (+45.6%)	$26,829 → $19,752 (-26.4%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $88,500 (+3.6%)	$67,500 → $85,400 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $662 (+37.6%)	$494 → $635 (+28.5%)

Fairmont

Population

2,6412,326

Median household income

$25,058$36,493

Median home value

$85,400$88,500

Median gross rent

$481$662

Red Springs

Population

3,3783,107

Median household income

$26,829$19,752

Median home value

$67,500$85,400

Median gross rent

$494$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Red Springs
Under 5	7.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.6%
75 and over	13.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Red Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	25.1%
Black or African American	52.0%	44.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	21.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Red Springs
No high school diploma	15.2%	18.8%
High school graduate	39.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Red Springs
Drove alone	84.4%	87.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	4.4%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.5%
Other means	2.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Red Springs
1-unit, detached	69.3%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Red Springs
Poverty rate	31.5%	39.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1967	1968