Baxter vs Fairview

A side-by-side comparison of Baxter and Fairview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview has the higher population (253 vs 153 in Baxter). Fairview has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $7,198 in Baxter). Fairview has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $93,500 in Baxter).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Fairview
Population	153	253
Median age	23.5 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$7,198	$53,333
Median home value	$93,500	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$547
Housing units	51	144
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Fairview
Population	105 → 153 (+45.7%)	374 → 253 (-32.4%)
Median household income	—	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)
Median home value	—	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $547 (-29.4%)

Baxter

Population

105153

Fairview

Population

374253

Median household income

$44,375$53,333

Median home value

$87,500$94,600

Median gross rent

$775$547

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Fairview
Under 5	20.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	9.9%
18 to 24	39.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	24.5%
75 and over	7.8%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.9%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Fairview
No high school diploma	29.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	71.0%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Fairview
Drove alone	—	69.1%
Carpooled	—	17.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	7.4%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	6.4%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Fairview
1-unit, detached	100.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Fairview
Poverty rate	87.6%	9.1%
Average household size	3.00	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	47
Median year structure built	1938	1938