Fairlea vs Lewisburg

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

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

Lewisburg has the higher population (3,871 vs 1,266 in Fairlea). Lewisburg has the higher median household income ($52,798 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, Lewisburg's population has grown faster (-0.4% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
Population	1,266	3,871
Median age	60.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$52,798
Median home value	—	$287,400
Median gross rent	$873	$803
Housing units	829	2,258
Homeownership rate	65.7%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	59.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	3,886 → 3,871 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$31,830 → $52,798 (+65.9%)
Median home value	—	$228,900 → $287,400 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	$565 → $803 (+42.1%)

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

Lewisburg

Population

3,8863,871

Median household income

$31,830$52,798

Median home value

$228,900$287,400

Median gross rent

$565$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
Under 5	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	26.7%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	13.6%
75 and over	16.0%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
No high school diploma	24.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	44.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
Drove alone	70.4%	83.4%
Carpooled	19.4%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
1-unit, detached	35.3%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	Lewisburg
Poverty rate	30.7%	22.2%
Average household size	1.58	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	22	14
Median year structure built	1981	1981