Fairplains vs Moravian Falls

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

Fairplains and Moravian Falls 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 1,015 in Moravian Falls). Moravian Falls has the higher median household income ($57,262 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Moravian Falls has the higher median home value ($189,500 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
Population	1,876	1,015
Median age	49.0 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$57,262
Median home value	$134,300	$189,500
Median gross rent	$631	$797
Housing units	897	613
Homeownership rate	69.8%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	1,802 → 1,015 (-43.7%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$46,782 → $57,262 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$166,400 → $189,500 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	$784 → $797 (+1.7%)

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

Moravian Falls

Population

1,8021,015

Median household income

$46,782$57,262

Median home value

$166,400$189,500

Median gross rent

$784$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
Under 5	6.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	12.6%
75 and over	6.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	63.3%
Black or African American	6.4%	8.1%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	26.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
No high school diploma	29.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
Drove alone	92.3%	74.1%
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%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
1-unit, detached	57.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	Moravian Falls
Poverty rate	32.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.38	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1972	1972