Fairfield vs Pleasant Grove

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

Fairfield and Pleasant Grove 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 9,502 in Pleasant Grove). Pleasant Grove has the higher median household income ($68,344 vs $48,492 in Fairfield). Pleasant Grove has the higher median home value ($189,100 vs $120,100 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
Population	9,846	9,502
Median age	30.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,492	$68,344
Median home value	$120,100	$189,100
Median gross rent	$997	$1,153
Housing units	4,732	3,807
Homeownership rate	58.8%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
Population	10,720 → 9,846 (-8.2%)	9,651 → 9,502 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$40,652 → $48,492 (+19.3%)	$70,526 → $68,344 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $120,100 (+21.2%)	$157,400 → $189,100 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $997 (+32.2%)	$1,134 → $1,153 (+1.7%)

Fairfield

Population

10,7209,846

Median household income

$40,652$48,492

Median home value

$99,100$120,100

Median gross rent

$754$997

Pleasant Grove

Population

9,6519,502

Median household income

$70,526$68,344

Median home value

$157,400$189,100

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,153

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
Under 5	5.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	13.5%	12.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.4%
75 and over	4.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	29.3%
Black or African American	90.5%	67.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
Drove alone	64.6%	80.2%
Carpooled	18.3%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
1-unit, detached	77.2%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Pleasant Grove
Poverty rate	30.3%	19.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1960	1986