Carolina vs Fairview

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

Carolina 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 188 in Carolina). Fairview has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $19,188 in Carolina). Fairview has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $80,500 in Carolina).

Population, income & housing

	Carolina	Fairview
Population	188	253
Median age	32.8 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$19,188	$53,333
Median home value	$80,500	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$547
Housing units	99	144
Homeownership rate	63.6%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carolina	Fairview
Population	451 → 188 (-58.3%)	374 → 253 (-32.4%)
Median household income	$36,618 → $19,188 (-47.6%)	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $80,500 (+46.4%)	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $547 (-29.4%)

Carolina

Population

451188

Median household income

$36,618$19,188

Median home value

$55,000$80,500

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)

	Carolina	Fairview
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	9.0%	9.9%
18 to 24	26.6%	9.9%
25 to 34	19.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	25.5%	24.5%
75 and over	9.0%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carolina	Fairview
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	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	9.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carolina	Fairview
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	30.6%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	47.9%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carolina	Fairview
Drove alone	100.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carolina	Fairview
1-unit, detached	89.9%	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	10.1%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Carolina	Fairview
Poverty rate	48.9%	9.1%
Average household size	1.90	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	47
Median year structure built	1981	1938