Barrackville vs Fairmont

A side-by-side comparison of Barrackville and Fairmont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairmont has the higher population (18,303 vs 1,362 in Barrackville). Barrackville has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $60,791 in Fairmont). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $156,400 in Barrackville).

Population, income & housing

	Barrackville	Fairmont
Population	1,362	18,303
Median age	41.3 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$60,791
Median home value	$156,400	$159,100
Median gross rent	$693	$902
Housing units	622	8,952
Homeownership rate	93.5%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barrackville	Fairmont
Population	1,291 → 1,362 (+5.5%)	18,458 → 18,303 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $81,250 (+34.0%)	$43,319 → $60,791 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$144,500 → $156,400 (+8.2%)	$110,900 → $159,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $693 (+3.4%)	$754 → $902 (+19.6%)

Barrackville

Population

1,2911,362

Median household income

$60,625$81,250

Median home value

$144,500$156,400

Median gross rent

$670$693

Fairmont

Population

18,45818,303

Median household income

$43,319$60,791

Median home value

$110,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$754$902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barrackville	Fairmont
Under 5	2.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	24.9%	12.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	16.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	19.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.2%
75 and over	10.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barrackville	Fairmont
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barrackville	Fairmont
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barrackville	Fairmont
Drove alone	81.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	4.6%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barrackville	Fairmont
1-unit, detached	88.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Barrackville	Fairmont
Poverty rate	1.2%	17.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1958	1950