Fairview vs Wesley Chapel

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

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

Wesley Chapel has the higher population (8,923 vs 3,549 in Fairview). Wesley Chapel has the higher median household income ($129,962 vs $89,417 in Fairview). Wesley Chapel has the higher median home value ($493,900 vs $349,700 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
Population	3,549	8,923
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$129,962
Median home value	$349,700	$493,900
Median gross rent	$1,156	$2,727
Housing units	1,346	2,972
Homeownership rate	89.5%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	8,974 → 8,923 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$124,760 → $129,962 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$348,700 → $493,900 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$1,551 → $2,727 (+75.8%)

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

Wesley Chapel

Population

8,9748,923

Median household income

$124,760$129,962

Median home value

$348,700$493,900

Median gross rent

$1,551$2,727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
Under 5	2.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	13.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	4.8%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	17.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.3%
75 and over	7.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.9%
High school graduate	31.9%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
Drove alone	80.4%	67.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	22.7%
Other means	6.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
1-unit, detached	93.8%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
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%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Wesley Chapel
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.4%
Average household size	2.94	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1987	2003