Cricket vs Fairplains

A side-by-side comparison of Cricket and Fairplains: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cricket has the higher population (2,512 vs 1,876 in Fairplains). Cricket has the higher median household income ($40,405 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Cricket has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Cricket	Fairplains
Population	2,512	1,876
Median age	27.7 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$36,586
Median home value	$153,600	$134,300
Median gross rent	$829	$631
Housing units	920	897
Homeownership rate	45.4%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cricket	Fairplains
Population	1,949 → 2,512 (+28.9%)	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$44,402 → $40,405 (-9.0%)	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$99,600 → $153,600 (+54.2%)	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $829 (+10.2%)	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)

Cricket

Population

1,9492,512

Median household income

$44,402$40,405

Median home value

$99,600$153,600

Median gross rent

$752$829

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cricket	Fairplains
Under 5	6.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	16.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	8.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	18.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cricket	Fairplains
White (non-Hispanic)	66.2%	72.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cricket	Fairplains
No high school diploma	18.2%	29.0%
High school graduate	56.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cricket	Fairplains
Drove alone	66.2%	92.3%
Carpooled	31.9%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cricket	Fairplains
1-unit, detached	68.3%	57.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Cricket	Fairplains
Poverty rate	26.6%	32.4%
Average household size	3.01	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1971	1972