Fairlea vs Rupert

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

Fairlea and Rupert 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 977 in Rupert). Rupert has the higher median household income ($31,875 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, Rupert's population has grown faster (-2.1% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	Rupert
Population	1,266	977
Median age	60.1 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$31,875
Median home value	—	$98,100
Median gross rent	$873	$581
Housing units	829	392
Homeownership rate	65.7%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	Rupert
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	998 → 977 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$34,306 → $31,875 (-7.1%)
Median home value	—	$77,800 → $98,100 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	$535 → $581 (+8.6%)

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

Rupert

Population

998977

Median household income

$34,306$31,875

Median home value

$77,800$98,100

Median gross rent

$535$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	Rupert
Under 5	0.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	24.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	24.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	26.7%	8.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.1%
75 and over	16.0%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	Rupert
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	Rupert
No high school diploma	24.7%	18.4%
High school graduate	44.1%	54.4%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	Rupert
Drove alone	70.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	19.4%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	Rupert
1-unit, detached	35.3%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	Rupert
Poverty rate	30.7%	49.1%
Average household size	1.58	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1981	1976