Fairplains vs Pleasant Hill

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

Fairplains and Pleasant Hill 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 849 in Pleasant Hill). Pleasant Hill has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Pleasant Hill has the higher median home value ($147,500 vs $134,300 in Fairplains).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
Population	1,876	849
Median age	49.0 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$67,768
Median home value	$134,300	$147,500
Median gross rent	$631	—
Housing units	897	463
Homeownership rate	69.8%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	769 → 849 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$50,709 → $67,768 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$125,200 → $147,500 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	—

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

Pleasant Hill

Population

769849

Median household income

$50,709$67,768

Median home value

$125,200$147,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	3.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	6.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	35.5%
65 to 74	18.4%	14.3%
75 and over	6.9%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	97.8%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
No high school diploma	29.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	29.1%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
Drove alone	92.3%	40.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	53.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
1-unit, detached	57.9%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	Pleasant Hill
Poverty rate	32.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.38	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1972	1954