Fairfield vs Pinson

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

Fairfield and Pinson 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 7,851 in Pinson). Pinson has the higher median household income ($80,349 vs $48,492 in Fairfield). Pinson has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $120,100 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Pinson
Population	9,846	7,851
Median age	30.3 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,492	$80,349
Median home value	$120,100	$194,300
Median gross rent	$997	$1,406
Housing units	4,732	2,951
Homeownership rate	58.8%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Pinson
Population	10,720 → 9,846 (-8.2%)	7,109 → 7,851 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$40,652 → $48,492 (+19.3%)	$69,764 → $80,349 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $120,100 (+21.2%)	$137,400 → $194,300 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $997 (+32.2%)	$884 → $1,406 (+59.0%)

Fairfield

Population

10,7209,846

Median household income

$40,652$48,492

Median home value

$99,100$120,100

Median gross rent

$754$997

Pinson

Population

7,1097,851

Median household income

$69,764$80,349

Median home value

$137,400$194,300

Median gross rent

$884$1,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Pinson
Under 5	5.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	7.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	7.1%
75 and over	4.6%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Pinson
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	37.5%
Black or African American	90.5%	42.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Pinson
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Pinson
Drove alone	64.6%	82.1%
Carpooled	18.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	8.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Pinson
1-unit, detached	77.2%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Pinson
Poverty rate	30.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1960	1987