Fairlea vs Rainelle

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

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

Rainelle has the higher population (1,334 vs 1,266 in Fairlea). Rainelle has the higher median household income ($36,875 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, Rainelle's population has grown faster (+6.7% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	Rainelle
Population	1,266	1,334
Median age	60.1 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$36,875
Median home value	—	$73,500
Median gross rent	$873	$657
Housing units	829	689
Homeownership rate	65.7%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	Rainelle
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	1,250 → 1,334 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$28,125 → $36,875 (+31.1%)
Median home value	—	$59,400 → $73,500 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	$535 → $657 (+22.8%)

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

Rainelle

Population

1,2501,334

Median household income

$28,125$36,875

Median home value

$59,400$73,500

Median gross rent

$535$657

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	Rainelle
Under 5	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.5%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	5.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	26.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.8%
75 and over	16.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	Rainelle
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
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%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	Rainelle
No high school diploma	24.7%	17.6%
High school graduate	44.1%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	Rainelle
Drove alone	70.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	19.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	Rainelle
1-unit, detached	35.3%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	Rainelle
Poverty rate	30.7%	24.6%
Average household size	1.58	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1981	1973