Fairview vs Mineral Springs

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

Fairview and Mineral Springs 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 3,244 in Mineral Springs). Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,417 vs $88,203 in Mineral Springs). Mineral Springs has the higher median home value ($353,500 vs $349,700 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
Population	3,549	3,244
Median age	42.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$88,203
Median home value	$349,700	$353,500
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,329
Housing units	1,346	1,326
Homeownership rate	89.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	3,008 → 3,244 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$70,250 → $88,203 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$242,500 → $353,500 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$1,013 → $1,329 (+31.2%)

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

Mineral Springs

Population

3,0083,244

Median household income

$70,250$88,203

Median home value

$242,500$353,500

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,329

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
Under 5	2.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	4.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.2%
75 and over	7.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
Drove alone	80.4%	66.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	24.4%
Other means	6.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
1-unit, detached	93.8%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Mineral Springs
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.94	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1987	1991