Fairview vs Farmington

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

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

Farmington has the higher population (431 vs 253 in Fairview). Farmington has the higher median household income ($76,094 vs $53,333 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $68,500 in Farmington).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Farmington
Population	253	431
Median age	52.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$76,094
Median home value	$94,600	$68,500
Median gross rent	$547	$667
Housing units	144	165
Homeownership rate	86.8%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Farmington
Population	374 → 253 (-32.4%)	445 → 431 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)	$40,208 → $76,094 (+89.3%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)	$69,300 → $68,500 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $547 (-29.4%)	$675 → $667 (-1.2%)

Fairview

Population

374253

Median household income

$44,375$53,333

Median home value

$87,500$94,600

Median gross rent

$775$547

Farmington

Population

445431

Median household income

$40,208$76,094

Median home value

$69,300$68,500

Median gross rent

$675$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Farmington
Under 5	2.8%	11.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	24.5%	8.8%
75 and over	16.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Farmington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Farmington
No high school diploma	8.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	56.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Farmington
Drove alone	69.1%	64.2%
Carpooled	17.0%	33.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Farmington
1-unit, detached	77.8%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Farmington
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	47	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938