Fairlea vs Ronceverte

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

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

Ronceverte has the higher population (1,523 vs 1,266 in Fairlea). Ronceverte has the higher median household income ($43,445 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, Fairlea's population has grown faster (-19.2% vs -25.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
Population	1,266	1,523
Median age	60.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$43,445
Median home value	—	$117,500
Median gross rent	$873	$820
Housing units	829	744
Homeownership rate	65.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	2,055 → 1,523 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$46,000 → $43,445 (-5.6%)
Median home value	—	$97,600 → $117,500 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	$672 → $820 (+22.0%)

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

Ronceverte

Population

2,0551,523

Median household income

$46,000$43,445

Median home value

$97,600$117,500

Median gross rent

$672$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.1%
55 to 64	26.7%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.8%
75 and over	16.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.9%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
No high school diploma	24.7%	10.4%
High school graduate	44.1%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
Drove alone	70.4%	92.1%
Carpooled	19.4%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
1-unit, detached	35.3%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	Ronceverte
Poverty rate	30.7%	20.7%
Average household size	1.58	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1981	1957