Fairview vs Josephine

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview and Josephine: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairview and Josephine are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairview has the higher population (10,570 vs 4,498 in Josephine). Fairview has the higher median household income ($107,308 vs $99,063 in Josephine). Fairview has the higher median home value ($544,800 vs $267,400 in Josephine).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Josephine
Population	10,570	4,498
Median age	50.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,308	$99,063
Median home value	$544,800	$267,400
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,367
Housing units	4,767	1,487
Homeownership rate	73.2%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Josephine
Population	8,832 → 10,570 (+19.7%)	1,366 → 4,498 (+229.3%)
Median household income	$94,507 → $107,308 (+13.5%)	$61,250 → $99,063 (+61.7%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $544,800 (+44.7%)	$185,000 → $267,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,553 → $1,875 (+20.7%)	$1,081 → $1,367 (+26.5%)

Fairview

Population

8,83210,570

Median household income

$94,507$107,308

Median home value

$376,400$544,800

Median gross rent

$1,553$1,875

Josephine

Population

1,3664,498

Median household income

$61,250$99,063

Median home value

$185,000$267,400

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,367

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Josephine
Under 5	5.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	19.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	8.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.7%
75 and over	16.4%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Josephine
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	64.6%
Black or African American	7.2%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	4.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Josephine
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.6%
High school graduate	13.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Josephine
Drove alone	62.5%	77.0%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.4%	13.4%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Josephine
1-unit, detached	65.3%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Josephine
Poverty rate	15.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.41	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	45
Median year structure built	2006	2012