Fairview vs Rachel

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

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

Fairview has the higher population (253 vs 167 in Rachel). Rachel has the higher median household income ($87,569 vs $53,333 in Fairview). Fairview has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $80,200 in Rachel).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview	Rachel
Population	253	167
Median age	52.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,333	$87,569
Median home value	$94,600	$80,200
Median gross rent	$547	—
Housing units	144	58
Homeownership rate	86.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	28.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview	Rachel
Population	374 → 253 (-32.4%)	289 → 167 (-42.2%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $53,333 (+20.2%)	—
Median home value	$87,500 → $94,600 (+8.1%)	$75,600 → $80,200 (+6.1%)
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

Rachel

Population

289167

Median home value

$75,600$80,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview	Rachel
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	26.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	19.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	24.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	1.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	24.5%	13.2%
75 and over	16.6%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview	Rachel
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview	Rachel
No high school diploma	8.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.1%	71.9%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	10.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview	Rachel
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	Rachel
1-unit, detached	77.8%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	29.3%
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	Rachel
Poverty rate	9.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.22	4.07
Mean commute (minutes)	47	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938