Fairplains vs Ronda

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

Fairplains and Ronda 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 468 in Ronda). Ronda has the higher median household income ($49,018 vs $36,586 in Fairplains). Fairplains has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $114,200 in Ronda).

Population, income & housing

	Fairplains	Ronda
Population	1,876	468
Median age	49.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,586	$49,018
Median home value	$134,300	$114,200
Median gross rent	$631	$900
Housing units	897	173
Homeownership rate	69.8%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	11.8%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairplains	Ronda
Population	2,065 → 1,876 (-9.2%)	649 → 468 (-27.9%)
Median household income	$39,695 → $36,586 (-7.8%)	$37,143 → $49,018 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$98,700 → $134,300 (+36.1%)	$74,000 → $114,200 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $631 (-4.0%)	$582 → $900 (+54.6%)

Fairplains

Population

2,0651,876

Median household income

$39,695$36,586

Median home value

$98,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$657$631

Ronda

Population

649468

Median household income

$37,143$49,018

Median home value

$74,000$114,200

Median gross rent

$582$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairplains	Ronda
Under 5	6.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	6.4%	16.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	18.4%	15.6%
75 and over	6.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairplains	Ronda
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	97.0%
Black or African American	6.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairplains	Ronda
No high school diploma	29.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairplains	Ronda
Drove alone	92.3%	81.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	2.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairplains	Ronda
1-unit, detached	57.9%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	43.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairplains	Ronda
Poverty rate	32.4%	19.2%
Average household size	2.38	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1972	1981