Fairview vs Unionville

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

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

Unionville has the higher population (6,826 vs 3,549 in Fairview). Unionville has the higher median household income ($92,009 vs $89,417 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $312,200 in Unionville).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Unionville
Population	3,549	6,826
Median age	42.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$92,009
Median home value	$349,700	$312,200
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,060
Housing units	1,346	2,465
Homeownership rate	89.5%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Unionville
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	6,959 → 6,826 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$80,151 → $92,009 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$214,000 → $312,200 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$849 → $1,060 (+24.9%)

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

Unionville

Population

6,9596,826

Median household income

$80,151$92,009

Median home value

$214,000$312,200

Median gross rent

$849$1,060

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Unionville
Under 5	2.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	23.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	4.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.7%
75 and over	7.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Unionville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Unionville
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Unionville
Drove alone	80.4%	85.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	9.1%
Other means	6.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Unionville
1-unit, detached	93.8%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Unionville
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.4%
Average household size	2.94	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1987	1993