Fairlawn vs Pulaski

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

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

Pulaski has the higher population (8,937 vs 2,555 in Fairlawn). Fairlawn has the higher median household income ($67,549 vs $50,409 in Pulaski). Fairlawn has the higher median home value ($257,000 vs $152,800 in Pulaski).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
Population	2,555	8,937
Median age	52.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,549	$50,409
Median home value	$257,000	$152,800
Median gross rent	$1,533	$775
Housing units	1,470	4,237
Homeownership rate	79.5%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
Population	2,322 → 2,555 (+10.0%)	8,799 → 8,937 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$56,902 → $67,549 (+18.7%)	$49,665 → $50,409 (+1.5%)
Median home value	$173,100 → $257,000 (+48.5%)	$117,600 → $152,800 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,533 (+110.3%)	$748 → $775 (+3.6%)

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

Pulaski

Population

8,7998,937

Median household income

$49,665$50,409

Median home value

$117,600$152,800

Median gross rent

$748$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.9%
75 and over	14.1%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	87.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
No high school diploma	5.2%	11.3%
High school graduate	22.0%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
Drove alone	88.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.2%	10.0%
Other means	3.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	62.5%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	17.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairlawn	Pulaski
Poverty rate	4.5%	24.0%
Average household size	2.03	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1981	1959