Fairplains vs Hays

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

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

Fairplains has the higher population (1,876 vs 1,355 in Hays). Hays has the higher median household income ($54,063 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Hays has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	Hays
Population	1,876	1,355
Median age	49.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$54,063
Median home value	$134,300	$158,900
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	897	745
Homeownership rate	69.8%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	Hays
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	1,277 → 1,355 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$27,031 → $54,063 (+100.0%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$97,400 → $158,900 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	$618 → $744 (+20.4%)

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

Hays

Population

1,2771,355

Median household income

$27,031$54,063

Median home value

$97,400$158,900

Median gross rent

$618$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplains	Hays
Under 5	6.0%	12.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	5.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	16.6%
25 to 34	6.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.9%	6.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	21.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	7.3%
75 and over	6.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	Hays
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	Hays
No high school diploma	29.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	Hays
Drove alone	92.3%	87.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	Hays
1-unit, detached	57.9%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	26.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	Hays
Poverty rate	32.4%	4.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1972	1991