Fairmont vs White Hall

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

Fairmont and White Hall 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 1,141 in White Hall). White Hall has the higher median household income ($72,000 vs $60,791 in Fairmont). White Hall has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $159,100 in Fairmont).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmont	White Hall
Population	18,303	1,141
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,791	$72,000
Median home value	$159,100	$260,700
Median gross rent	$902	$994
Housing units	8,952	450
Homeownership rate	61.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmont	White Hall
Population	18,458 → 18,303 (-0.8%)	689 → 1,141 (+65.6%)
Median household income	$43,319 → $60,791 (+40.3%)	$51,667 → $72,000 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $159,100 (+43.5%)	$180,300 → $260,700 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $902 (+19.6%)	$891 → $994 (+11.6%)

Fairmont

Population

18,45818,303

Median household income

$43,319$60,791

Median home value

$110,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$754$902

White Hall

Population

6891,141

Median household income

$51,667$72,000

Median home value

$180,300$260,700

Median gross rent

$891$994

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmont	White Hall
Under 5	5.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	21.6%
18 to 24	16.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	6.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmont	White Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	85.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmont	White Hall
No high school diploma	7.3%	5.0%
High school graduate	33.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmont	White Hall
Drove alone	71.8%	76.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	10.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmont	White Hall
1-unit, detached	71.4%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	13.9%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	12.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Fairmont	White Hall
Poverty rate	17.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1950	1997