Fairlea vs White Sulphur Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Fairlea and White Sulphur Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

White Sulphur Springs has the higher population (2,646 vs 1,266 in Fairlea). White Sulphur Springs has the higher median household income ($43,388 vs $23,197 in Fairlea). Since 2019, White Sulphur Springs's population has grown faster (-12.8% vs -19.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
Population	1,266	2,646
Median age	60.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$23,197	$43,388
Median home value	—	$119,600
Median gross rent	$873	$797
Housing units	829	1,378
Homeownership rate	65.7%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
Population	1,567 → 1,266 (-19.2%)	3,036 → 2,646 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$32,700 → $23,197 (-29.1%)	$36,667 → $43,388 (+18.3%)
Median home value	—	$125,700 → $119,600 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $873 (+11.5%)	$637 → $797 (+25.1%)

Fairlea

Population

1,5671,266

Median household income

$32,700$23,197

Median gross rent

$783$873

White Sulphur Springs

Population

3,0362,646

Median household income

$36,667$43,388

Median home value

$125,700$119,600

Median gross rent

$637$797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
Under 5	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	18.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	26.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.0%	15.1%
75 and over	16.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.8%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
No high school diploma	24.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	44.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
Drove alone	70.4%	81.1%
Carpooled	19.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.9%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
1-unit, detached	35.3%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	47.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairlea	White Sulphur Springs
Poverty rate	30.7%	24.1%
Average household size	1.58	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	13
Median year structure built	1981	1965