Dublin vs Fairlawn

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

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

Dublin has the higher population (2,671 vs 2,555 in Fairlawn). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($67,549 vs $61,635 in Dublin). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($257,000 vs $166,700 in Dublin).

Population, income & housing

	Dublin	Fairlawn
Population	2,671	2,555
Median age	40.2 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,635	$67,549
Median home value	$166,700	$257,000
Median gross rent	$806	$1,533
Housing units	1,040	1,470
Homeownership rate	45.2%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dublin	Fairlawn
Population	2,633 → 2,671 (+1.4%)	2,322 → 2,555 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$47,604 → $61,635 (+29.5%)	$56,902 → $67,549 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$134,900 → $166,700 (+23.6%)	$173,100 → $257,000 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $806 (+16.6%)	$729 → $1,533 (+110.3%)

Dublin

Population

2,6332,671

Median household income

$47,604$61,635

Median home value

$134,900$166,700

Median gross rent

$691$806

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)

	Dublin	Fairlawn
Under 5	2.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.7%
25 to 34	22.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.7%
75 and over	4.5%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dublin	Fairlawn
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	14.5%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dublin	Fairlawn
No high school diploma	15.5%	5.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dublin	Fairlawn
Drove alone	84.4%	88.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.2%
Other means	0.9%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dublin	Fairlawn
1-unit, detached	50.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	25.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Dublin	Fairlawn
Poverty rate	13.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.03	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1972	1981