Fairplains vs Mulberry

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

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

Mulberry has the higher population (2,134 vs 1,876 in Fairplains). Mulberry has the higher median household income ($52,416 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Mulberry has the higher median home value ($164,000 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	Mulberry
Population	1,876	2,134
Median age	49.0 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$52,416
Median home value	$134,300	$164,000
Median gross rent	$631	$608
Housing units	897	980
Homeownership rate	69.8%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	Mulberry
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	2,239 → 2,134 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$36,855 → $52,416 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$160,100 → $164,000 (+2.4%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	$829 → $608 (-26.7%)

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

Mulberry

Population

2,2392,134

Median household income

$36,855$52,416

Median home value

$160,100$164,000

Median gross rent

$829$608

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplains	Mulberry
Under 5	6.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	11.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	6.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.0%
65 to 74	18.4%	12.5%
75 and over	6.9%	19.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	Mulberry
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	91.1%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	Mulberry
No high school diploma	29.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	29.1%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	Mulberry
Drove alone	92.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	Mulberry
1-unit, detached	57.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	Mulberry
Poverty rate	32.4%	11.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1972	1977