Fairview vs Marvin

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

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

Marvin has the higher population (6,542 vs 3,549 in Fairview). Marvin has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $89,417 in Fairview). Marvin has the higher median home value ($860,600 vs $349,700 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Marvin
Population	3,549	6,542
Median age	42.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$250,001
Median home value	$349,700	$860,600
Median gross rent	$1,156	—
Housing units	1,346	1,871
Homeownership rate	89.5%	99.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	79.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Marvin
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	6,553 → 6,542 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$206,469 → $250,001 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$677,800 → $860,600 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	—

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

Marvin

Population

6,5536,542

Median household income

$206,469$250,001

Median home value

$677,800$860,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Marvin
Under 5	2.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	28.3%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	19.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.2%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Marvin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	66.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	18.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Marvin
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	39.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Marvin
Drove alone	80.4%	54.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	39.4%
Other means	6.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Marvin
1-unit, detached	93.8%	98.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Marvin
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.94	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1987	2005