Fairview vs South Hill

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

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

South Hill has the higher population (4,737 vs 271 in Fairview). Since 2019, Fairview's population has grown faster (+77.1% vs +8.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	South Hill
Population	271	4,737
Median age	73.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,633
Median home value	—	$182,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,121
Housing units	74	2,464
Homeownership rate	44.6%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	South Hill
Population	153 → 271 (+77.1%)	4,377 → 4,737 (+8.2%)
Median household income	—	$32,765 → $58,633 (+79.0%)
Median home value	—	$153,900 → $182,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$731 → $1,121 (+53.4%)

Fairview

Population

153271

South Hill

Population

4,3774,737

Median household income

$32,765$58,633

Median home value

$153,900$182,100

Median gross rent

$731$1,121

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	South Hill
Under 5	10.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	13.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	1.8%	9.6%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	12.8%
75 and over	49.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	31.0%	43.8%
Black or African American	66.8%	41.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	South Hill
No high school diploma	34.5%	13.2%
High school graduate	32.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	South Hill
Drove alone	100.0%	89.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	South Hill
1-unit, detached	67.6%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	32.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	South Hill
Poverty rate	36.0%	19.7%
Average household size	1.88	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1976	1977