Chase City vs Fairview

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

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

Chase City has the higher population (2,530 vs 271 in Fairview). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (+77.1% vs -1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chase City	Fairview
Population	2,530	271
Median age	41.0 yrs	73.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,840	—
Median home value	$115,400	—
Median gross rent	$594	—
Housing units	1,445	74
Homeownership rate	69.8%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase City	Fairview
Population	2,568 → 2,530 (-1.5%)	153 → 271 (+77.1%)
Median household income	$30,848 → $51,840 (+68.0%)	—
Median home value	$86,300 → $115,400 (+33.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$632 → $594 (-6.0%)	—

Chase City

Population

2,5682,530

Median household income

$30,848$51,840

Median home value

$86,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$632$594

Fairview

Population

153271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase City	Fairview
Under 5	5.1%	10.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	13.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	1.8%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.2%
75 and over	9.6%	49.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase City	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	31.0%
Black or African American	43.1%	66.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase City	Fairview
No high school diploma	19.2%	34.5%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	1.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase City	Fairview
Drove alone	83.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase City	Fairview
1-unit, detached	87.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	32.4%

Poverty & households

	Chase City	Fairview
Poverty rate	10.4%	36.0%
Average household size	2.32	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1959	1976