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Fairlea, WV

1,312 Population
3.7 square miles 350.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.6 ±15.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Greenbrier County: 46.8 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in West Virginia: 42.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,446 ±$17,569 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Greenbrier County: $31,258 ±$2,673
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Virginia: $34,203 ±$337
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$24,411 ±$3,026 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Greenbrier County: $48,218 ±$3,001
  • about two-fifths of the amount in West Virginia: $59,608 ±$691
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.6% ±13.2% (343  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Greenbrier County: 21.8% † 6,904 (±3% / ±959)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 16.7% 287,953 (±0.4% / ±6,682)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.9 minutes ±5.8 (8,765  ±5,607) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Greenbrier County: 25.2 301,910 (±1.8 / ±26,514)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in West Virginia: 26.6 17,742,530 (±0.3 / ±230,602)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

785 ±203 Number of households
  • Greenbrier County: 14,788 ±369
  • West Virginia: 728,655 ±3,249
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.6 ±0.4 (1,245  ±475) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Greenbrier County: 2.2 31,774 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in West Virginia: 2.4 1,726,398
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±8.6% (19  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Greenbrier County: 9.7% † 636 (±3.3% / ±215)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 4.9% 18,572 (±0.3% / ±971)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

864 ±213 Number of housing units
  • Greenbrier County: 17,913 ±34
  • West Virginia: 861,325 ±394
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

7% ±3.3% (91  ±53.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greenbrier County: 8.9% † 2,839 (±2% / ±641.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 10.3% 181,693 (±0.3% / ±4,863.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.7% ±7.1% (926  ±272.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greenbrier County: 87.3% 20,904 (±4.1% / ±997.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Virginia: 89.3% 1,131,078 (±0.6% / ±7,750.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.3% ±7.9% (187  ±105.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Greenbrier County: 22.2% † 5,308 (±2.5% / ±587.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Virginia: 24.1% 305,596 (±0.3% / ±4,146.7)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% ±3.8% (38  ±52) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Greenbrier County: 1.8% 573
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 1.8% 32,329
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.2% ±6.2% (143  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Greenbrier County: 8.3% † 2,158 (±1.3% / ±327)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Virginia: 7.4% 104,941 (±0.2% / ±2,638)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
143 Total veterans ±83 143 Male ±83 N/A Female ±13

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