Belspring vs Fairlawn

A side-by-side comparison of Belspring and Fairlawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairlawn has the higher population (2,555 vs 191 in Belspring). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($67,549 vs $58,893 in Belspring). Belspring has the higher median home value ($324,300 vs $257,000 in Fairlawn).

Population, income & housing

	Belspring	Fairlawn
Population	191	2,555
Median age	42.6 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,893	$67,549
Median home value	$324,300	$257,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,533
Housing units	65	1,470
Homeownership rate	81.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belspring	Fairlawn
Population	199 → 191 (-4.0%)	2,322 → 2,555 (+10.0%)
Median household income	—	$56,902 → $67,549 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $324,300 (+150.8%)	$173,100 → $257,000 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$729 → $1,533 (+110.3%)

Belspring

Population

199191

Median home value

$129,300$324,300

Fairlawn

Population

2,3222,555

Median household income

$56,902$67,549

Median home value

$173,100$257,000

Median gross rent

$729$1,533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belspring	Fairlawn
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.7%
25 to 34	20.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	20.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.7%
75 and over	18.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belspring	Fairlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belspring	Fairlawn
No high school diploma	18.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	54.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belspring	Fairlawn
Drove alone	83.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	17.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belspring	Fairlawn
1-unit, detached	81.5%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Belspring	Fairlawn
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1938	1981