Fairlawn vs New River

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

Fairlawn and New River 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 377 in New River). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($67,549 vs $39,196 in New River). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($257,000 vs $143,500 in New River).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	New River
Population	2,555	377
Median age	52.1 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,549	$39,196
Median home value	$257,000	$143,500
Median gross rent	$1,533	—
Housing units	1,470	220
Homeownership rate	79.5%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	62.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	New River
Population	2,322 → 2,555 (+10.0%)	704 → 377 (-46.4%)
Median household income	$56,902 → $67,549 (+18.7%)	$98,394 → $39,196 (-60.2%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $257,000 (+48.5%)	$229,300 → $143,500 (-37.4%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,533 (+110.3%)	—

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

New River

Population

704377

Median household income

$98,394$39,196

Median home value

$229,300$143,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	New River
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	24.7%
55 to 64	16.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	35.0%
75 and over	14.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	New River
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	27.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	65.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	New River
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	22.0%	25.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	7.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	New River
Drove alone	88.5%	95.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	New River
1-unit, detached	62.5%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	New River
Poverty rate	4.5%	2.7%
Average household size	2.03	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1981	1972