Fairmont vs Mannington

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

Fairmont and Mannington 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 1,679 in Mannington). Fairmont has the higher median household income ($60,791 vs $48,750 in Mannington). Fairmont has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $92,100 in Mannington).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	Mannington
Population	18,303	1,679
Median age	34.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,791	$48,750
Median home value	$159,100	$92,100
Median gross rent	$902	$722
Housing units	8,952	874
Homeownership rate	61.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	Mannington
Population	18,458 → 18,303 (-0.8%)	1,673 → 1,679 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$43,319 → $60,791 (+40.3%)	$41,413 → $48,750 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $159,100 (+43.5%)	$79,400 → $92,100 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $902 (+19.6%)	$729 → $722 (-1.0%)

Fairmont

Population

18,45818,303

Median household income

$43,319$60,791

Median home value

$110,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$754$902

Mannington

Population

1,6731,679

Median household income

$41,413$48,750

Median home value

$79,400$92,100

Median gross rent

$729$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	Mannington
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	16.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	16.5%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.8%
75 and over	6.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	Mannington
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	Mannington
No high school diploma	7.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	Mannington
Drove alone	71.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	9.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	Mannington
1-unit, detached	71.4%	81.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	8.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	Mannington
Poverty rate	17.0%	14.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1950	1938