Fairview vs Wingate

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

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

Wingate has the higher population (4,169 vs 3,549 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median household income ($89,417 vs $65,208 in Wingate). Fairview has the higher median home value ($349,700 vs $217,700 in Wingate).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Wingate
Population	3,549	4,169
Median age	42.9 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$89,417	$65,208
Median home value	$349,700	$217,700
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,050
Housing units	1,346	1,082
Homeownership rate	89.5%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Wingate
Population	3,768 → 3,549 (-5.8%)	4,258 → 4,169 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$63,365 → $89,417 (+41.1%)	$50,583 → $65,208 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $349,700 (+38.0%)	$146,700 → $217,700 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $1,156 (+94.9%)	$868 → $1,050 (+21.0%)

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

Wingate

Population

4,2584,169

Median household income

$50,583$65,208

Median home value

$146,700$217,700

Median gross rent

$868$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Wingate
Under 5	2.1%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	49.5%
25 to 34	4.8%	7.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	3.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.3%
75 and over	7.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	21.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	25.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Wingate
No high school diploma	5.7%	16.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Wingate
Drove alone	80.4%	51.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	19.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	15.3%
Other means	6.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Wingate
1-unit, detached	93.8%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Wingate
Poverty rate	2.8%	17.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1987	1985