Fairview vs Melissa

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

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

Melissa has the higher population (17,497 vs 10,570 in Fairview). Melissa has the higher median household income ($137,875 vs $107,308 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($544,800 vs $430,300 in Melissa).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Melissa
Population	10,570	17,497
Median age	50.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$107,308	$137,875
Median home value	$544,800	$430,300
Median gross rent	$1,875	$2,341
Housing units	4,767	5,481
Homeownership rate	73.2%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Melissa
Population	8,832 → 10,570 (+19.7%)	9,487 → 17,497 (+84.4%)
Median household income	$94,507 → $107,308 (+13.5%)	$118,348 → $137,875 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$376,400 → $544,800 (+44.7%)	$307,700 → $430,300 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,553 → $1,875 (+20.7%)	$2,098 → $2,341 (+11.6%)

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

Melissa

Population

9,48717,497

Median household income

$118,348$137,875

Median home value

$307,700$430,300

Median gross rent

$2,098$2,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Melissa
Under 5	5.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	7.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	3.6%
75 and over	16.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Melissa
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	60.0%
Black or African American	7.2%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Melissa
No high school diploma	2.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	13.2%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	36.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Melissa
Drove alone	62.5%	56.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.4%	29.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Melissa
1-unit, detached	65.3%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	24.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Melissa
Poverty rate	15.7%	2.6%
Average household size	2.41	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	2006	2015