Fairlea vs Quinwood

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

Fairlea and Quinwood 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 152 in Quinwood). Quinwood has the higher median household income ($25,417 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, Quinwood's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	Quinwood
Population	1,266	152
Median age	60.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$25,417
Median home value	—	$70,800
Median gross rent	$873	$781
Housing units	829	89
Homeownership rate	65.7%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	Quinwood
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	114 → 152 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$33,250 → $25,417 (-23.6%)
Median home value	—	$53,600 → $70,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	$731 → $781 (+6.8%)

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

Quinwood

Population

114152

Median household income

$33,250$25,417

Median home value

$53,600$70,800

Median gross rent

$731$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	Quinwood
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	10.5%	5.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	13.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	15.8%
55 to 64	26.7%	24.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	17.8%
75 and over	16.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	Quinwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.1%
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%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	Quinwood
No high school diploma	24.7%	18.9%
High school graduate	44.1%	65.6%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	11.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	Quinwood
Drove alone	70.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	Quinwood
1-unit, detached	35.3%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	Quinwood
Poverty rate	30.7%	33.6%
Average household size	1.58	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1981	1945