Fairview vs Lavon

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

Fairview and Lavon 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 5,624 in Lavon). Lavon has the higher median household income ($132,778 vs $107,308 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($544,800 vs $386,600 in Lavon).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Lavon
Population	10,570	5,624
Median age	50.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,308	$132,778
Median home value	$544,800	$386,600
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,780
Housing units	4,767	1,862
Homeownership rate	73.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Lavon
Population	8,832 → 10,570 (+19.7%)	3,271 → 5,624 (+71.9%)
Median household income	$94,507 → $107,308 (+13.5%)	$89,474 → $132,778 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $544,800 (+44.7%)	$240,600 → $386,600 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,553 → $1,875 (+20.7%)	$1,779 → $1,780 (+0.1%)

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

Lavon

Population

3,2715,624

Median household income

$89,474$132,778

Median home value

$240,600$386,600

Median gross rent

$1,779$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Lavon
Under 5	5.2%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	18.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	7.3%
65 to 74	15.8%	6.5%
75 and over	16.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Lavon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	52.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.6%
Asian	4.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Lavon
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.9%
High school graduate	13.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Lavon
Drove alone	62.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.4%	11.6%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Lavon
1-unit, detached	65.3%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	24.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Lavon
Poverty rate	15.7%	1.2%
Average household size	2.41	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	34
Median year structure built	2006	2007