Fairview vs Grant Town

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

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

Grant Town has the higher population (405 vs 253 in Fairview). Grant Town has the higher median household income ($53,393 vs $53,333 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $90,300 in Grant Town).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Grant Town
Population	253	405
Median age	52.7 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$53,393
Median home value	$94,600	$90,300
Median gross rent	$547	—
Housing units	144	184
Homeownership rate	86.8%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Grant Town
Population	374 → 253 (-32.4%)	527 → 405 (-23.1%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)	$36,932 → $53,393 (+44.6%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)	$59,100 → $90,300 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $547 (-29.4%)	$590 → $683 (+15.8%)

Fairview

Population

374253

Median household income

$44,375$53,333

Median home value

$87,500$94,600

Median gross rent

$775$547

Grant Town

Population

527405

Median household income

$36,932$53,393

Median home value

$59,100$90,300

Median gross rent

$590$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Grant Town
Under 5	2.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.9%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	24.5%	17.8%
75 and over	16.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Grant Town
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.9%
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%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Grant Town
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	56.1%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Grant Town
Drove alone	69.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview	Grant Town
1-unit, detached	77.8%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Grant Town
Poverty rate	9.1%	17.8%
Average household size	2.22	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	47	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938