Fairmont vs St. Pauls

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

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

St. Pauls has the higher population (2,628 vs 2,326 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($36,493 vs $33,667 in St. Pauls). St. Pauls has the higher median home value ($118,300 vs $88,500 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
Population	2,326	2,628
Median age	45.8 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$36,493	$33,667
Median home value	$88,500	$118,300
Median gross rent	$662	$774
Housing units	1,133	1,047
Homeownership rate	46.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
Population	2,641 → 2,326 (-11.9%)	2,107 → 2,628 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$25,058 → $36,493 (+45.6%)	$29,583 → $33,667 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$85,400 → $88,500 (+3.6%)	$81,100 → $118,300 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $662 (+37.6%)	$630 → $774 (+22.9%)

Fairmont

Population

2,6412,326

Median household income

$25,058$36,493

Median home value

$85,400$88,500

Median gross rent

$481$662

St. Pauls

Population

2,1072,628

Median household income

$29,583$33,667

Median home value

$81,100$118,300

Median gross rent

$630$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
Under 5	7.0%	10.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	12.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.1%
75 and over	13.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	35.3%
Black or African American	52.0%	21.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	17.9%	4.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	35.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
No high school diploma	15.2%	33.2%
High school graduate	39.5%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
Drove alone	84.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.1%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.9%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
1-unit, detached	69.3%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	St. Pauls
Poverty rate	31.5%	38.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1967	1969