Fairlea vs Falling Spring

A side-by-side comparison of Fairlea and Falling Spring: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairlea and Falling Spring are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairlea has the higher population (1,266 vs 148 in Falling Spring). Falling Spring has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, Falling Spring's population has grown faster (-16.4% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
Population	1,266	148
Median age	60.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$43,750
Median home value	—	$85,000
Median gross rent	$873	—
Housing units	829	123
Homeownership rate	65.7%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	177 → 148 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$36,250 → $43,750 (+20.7%)
Median home value	—	$110,200 → $85,000 (-22.9%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	—

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

Falling Spring

Population

177148

Median household income

$36,250$43,750

Median home value

$110,200$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
Under 5	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	8.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	2.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	5.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.6%
55 to 64	26.7%	35.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	14.2%
75 and over	16.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
No high school diploma	24.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	44.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
Drove alone	70.4%	77.8%
Carpooled	19.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
1-unit, detached	35.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	Falling Spring
Poverty rate	30.7%	0.7%
Average household size	1.58	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1981	1948