Fairview vs Idamay

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

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

Idamay has the higher population (635 vs 253 in Fairview). Idamay has the higher median household income ($97,311 vs $53,333 in Fairview). Idamay has the higher median home value ($114,400 vs $94,600 in Fairview).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Idamay
Population	253	635
Median age	52.7 yrs	63.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$97,311
Median home value	$94,600	$114,400
Median gross rent	$547	—
Housing units	144	409
Homeownership rate	86.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Idamay
Population	374 → 253 (-32.4%)	616 → 635 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)	$82,125 → $97,311 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)	$86,800 → $114,400 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $547 (-29.4%)	—

Fairview

Population

374253

Median household income

$44,375$53,333

Median home value

$87,500$94,600

Median gross rent

$775$547

Idamay

Population

616635

Median household income

$82,125$97,311

Median home value

$86,800$114,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Idamay
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	3.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.8%
55 to 64	8.3%	28.3%
65 to 74	24.5%	26.0%
75 and over	16.6%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Idamay
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.7%
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	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Idamay
No high school diploma	8.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	56.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Idamay
Drove alone	69.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.0%	0.0%
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	Idamay
1-unit, detached	77.8%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview	Idamay
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.22	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	47	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938