Fairview vs Lake Park

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

Fairview and Lake Park 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 3,365 in Lake Park). Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,417 vs $76,366 in Lake Park). Fairview has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $296,400 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Lake Park
Population	3,549	3,365
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$76,366
Median home value	$349,700	$296,400
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,875
Housing units	1,346	1,283
Homeownership rate	89.5%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Lake Park
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	3,798 → 3,365 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$76,267 → $76,366 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$197,400 → $296,400 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$1,656 → $1,875 (+13.2%)

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

Lake Park

Population

3,7983,365

Median household income

$76,267$76,366

Median home value

$197,400$296,400

Median gross rent

$1,656$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Lake Park
Under 5	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	13.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	4.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.0%
75 and over	7.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Lake Park
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Lake Park
Drove alone	80.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	17.8%
Other means	6.9%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Lake Park
1-unit, detached	93.8%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Lake Park
Poverty rate	2.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1987	1997