Fairview vs JAARS

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

Fairview and JAARS 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 769 in JAARS). Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,417 vs $64,107 in JAARS). Fairview has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $9,999 in JAARS).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	JAARS
Population	3,549	769
Median age	42.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$64,107
Median home value	$349,700	$9,999
Median gross rent	$1,156	—
Housing units	1,346	242
Homeownership rate	89.5%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	JAARS
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	443 → 769 (+73.6%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$53,462 → $64,107 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$163,400 → $9,999 (-93.9%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$775 → $834 (+7.6%)

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

JAARS

Population

443769

Median household income

$53,462$64,107

Median home value

$163,400$9,999

Median gross rent

$775$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	JAARS
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	40.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	4.8%	2.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	0.0%
75 and over	7.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	JAARS
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	30.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	69.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	JAARS
No high school diploma	5.7%	22.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	3.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	JAARS
Drove alone	80.4%	40.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	46.7%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	JAARS
1-unit, detached	93.8%	31.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	31.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	36.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	JAARS
Poverty rate	2.8%	25.4%
Average household size	2.94	4.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	39
Median year structure built	1987	1986