Fairview vs Thompson's Station

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Thompson's Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview and Thompson's Station are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairview has the higher population (9,751 vs 7,855 in Thompson's Station). Thompson's Station has the higher median household income ($122,139 vs $88,333 in Fairview). Thompson's Station has the higher median home value ($598,200 vs $354,900 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
Population	9,751	7,855
Median age	33.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$122,139
Median home value	$354,900	$598,200
Median gross rent	$1,203	$2,124
Housing units	3,560	2,743
Homeownership rate	79.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	60.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
Population	8,762 → 9,751 (+11.3%)	5,456 → 7,855 (+44.0%)
Median household income	$69,300 → $88,333 (+27.5%)	$104,250 → $122,139 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$225,900 → $354,900 (+57.1%)	$420,400 → $598,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,075 → $1,203 (+11.9%)	$1,827 → $2,124 (+16.3%)

Fairview

Population

8,7629,751

Median household income

$69,300$88,333

Median home value

$225,900$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,203

Thompson's Station

Population

5,4567,855

Median household income

$104,250$122,139

Median home value

$420,400$598,200

Median gross rent

$1,827$2,124

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
Under 5	8.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	11.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	5.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.0%
75 and over	4.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	25.1%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
Drove alone	74.1%	65.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	25.4%
Other means	0.2%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
1-unit, detached	83.5%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.1%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Thompson's Station
Poverty rate	11.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1996	2013