Fairview vs Marshville

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

Fairview and Marshville 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 2,586 in Marshville). Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,417 vs $60,784 in Marshville). Fairview has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $147,100 in Marshville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Marshville
Population	3,549	2,586
Median age	42.9 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$60,784
Median home value	$349,700	$147,100
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,063
Housing units	1,346	960
Homeownership rate	89.5%	56.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Marshville
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	2,714 → 2,586 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$44,875 → $60,784 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$105,000 → $147,100 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$841 → $1,063 (+26.4%)

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

Marshville

Population

2,7142,586

Median household income

$44,875$60,784

Median home value

$105,000$147,100

Median gross rent

$841$1,063

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Marshville
Under 5	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	4.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	6.3%
75 and over	7.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Marshville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	45.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Marshville
No high school diploma	5.7%	18.4%
High school graduate	31.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Marshville
Drove alone	80.4%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.9%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Marshville
1-unit, detached	93.8%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Marshville
Poverty rate	2.8%	18.0%
Average household size	2.94	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1987	1972