Fairfield vs Fultondale

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfield and Fultondale: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairfield and Fultondale are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairfield has the higher population (9,846 vs 9,753 in Fultondale). Fultondale has the higher median household income ($69,127 vs $48,492 in Fairfield). Fultondale has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $120,100 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Fultondale
Population	9,846	9,753
Median age	30.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,492	$69,127
Median home value	$120,100	$181,900
Median gross rent	$997	$1,214
Housing units	4,732	4,608
Homeownership rate	58.8%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Fultondale
Population	10,720 → 9,846 (-8.2%)	9,179 → 9,753 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$40,652 → $48,492 (+19.3%)	$62,825 → $69,127 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $120,100 (+21.2%)	$147,700 → $181,900 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $997 (+32.2%)	$993 → $1,214 (+22.3%)

Fairfield

Population

10,7209,846

Median household income

$40,652$48,492

Median home value

$99,100$120,100

Median gross rent

$754$997

Fultondale

Population

9,1799,753

Median household income

$62,825$69,127

Median home value

$147,700$181,900

Median gross rent

$993$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Fultondale
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	13.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.6%
75 and over	4.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Fultondale
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	50.9%
Black or African American	90.5%	35.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Fultondale
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Fultondale
Drove alone	64.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	18.3%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	15.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Fultondale
1-unit, detached	77.2%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	14.3%
20 or more units	4.1%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Fultondale
Poverty rate	30.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1960	1984