Draper vs Fairlawn

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

Draper 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 458 in Draper). Draper has the higher median household income ($82,835 vs $67,549 in Fairlawn). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($257,000 vs $159,100 in Draper).

Population, income & housing

	Draper	Fairlawn
Population	458	2,555
Median age	55.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,835	$67,549
Median home value	$159,100	$257,000
Median gross rent	$924	$1,533
Housing units	181	1,470
Homeownership rate	38.1%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Draper	Fairlawn
Population	371 → 458 (+23.5%)	2,322 → 2,555 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$71,591 → $82,835 (+15.7%)	$56,902 → $67,549 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $159,100 (-2.9%)	$173,100 → $257,000 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $924 (+12.0%)	$729 → $1,533 (+110.3%)

Draper

Population

371458

Median household income

$71,591$82,835

Median home value

$163,800$159,100

Median gross rent

$825$924

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)

	Draper	Fairlawn
Under 5	3.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	1.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	3.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	24.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	31.9%	16.0%
65 to 74	21.4%	14.7%
75 and over	4.4%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Draper	Fairlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	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	5.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Draper	Fairlawn
No high school diploma	15.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	26.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Draper	Fairlawn
Drove alone	61.6%	88.5%
Carpooled	25.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	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)

	Draper	Fairlawn
1-unit, detached	77.3%	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	22.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Draper	Fairlawn
Poverty rate	2.6%	4.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1986	1981