Fairview vs Hemby Bridge

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Hemby Bridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview has the higher population (3,549 vs 2,079 in Hemby Bridge). Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,417 vs $71,953 in Hemby Bridge). Fairview has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $262,300 in Hemby Bridge).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
Population	3,549	2,079
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$71,953
Median home value	$349,700	$262,300
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,229
Housing units	1,346	803
Homeownership rate	89.5%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	1,978 → 2,079 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$73,125 → $71,953 (-1.6%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$144,200 → $262,300 (+81.9%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$1,016 → $1,229 (+21.0%)

Fairview

Population

3,7683,549

Median household income

$63,365$89,417

Median home value

$253,400$349,700

Median gross rent

$593$1,156

Hemby Bridge

Population

1,9782,079

Median household income

$73,125$71,953

Median home value

$144,200$262,300

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
Under 5	2.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	13.7%	3.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	19.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.5%
75 and over	7.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	69.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
No high school diploma	5.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
Drove alone	80.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	15.3%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
1-unit, detached	93.8%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Hemby Bridge
Poverty rate	2.8%	20.0%
Average household size	2.94	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1987	1974